![]() Thirty or 40 years ago, this wouldn’t have happened. He graduated from Great Mills High School this past May and maintained honor roll his senior year. I know most people don’t know this, but my oldest stepson is high functioning Autistic. Most everyone is accepted and can do anything with anyone. In just six short years, the very first international Special Olympics were held at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL.įast-forward to 2017. Kennedy promised to make and endorsed that individuals with intellectual disabilities(formerly classified as mental retardation) would be a priority for his presidency. This came out three months after President John F. ![]() ![]() Kennedy’s sister, had intellectual disabilities. Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s sister, who also happened to be President John F. In June of 1962, a backyard summer camp for those with intellectual disabilities came about in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s very own backyard, in suburban Washington, DC. You had your own classes for learning, you weren’t allowed to play sports, you couldn’t go to college, join the military, or anything else that “normal” people did. ![]() If you were considered special needs, you didn’t get the same opportunities as everyone else, because you were “different”. Leonardtown, MD – Years ago, race wasn’t the only thing that separated us.
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