Special Olympians recall Shriver as their champion
By BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press Writer
BOSTON -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver saw firsthand the way the mentally disabled were treated in the mid-20th century: Her own sister Rosemary was given a lobotomy at age 23 and put away in an institution for the rest of her life.
But Shriver helped bring about a fundamental change in thinking when she founded the Special Olympics and demonstrated--in stirring and triumphant...
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