The Day Soldier Field Belonged to the Forgotten
In the 1960s, most Americans with intellectual disabilities lived hidden from public view — tucked away in overcrowded state institutions or kept quietly at home....
This is a contemporary on dignity and inclusion, drawing on Matthew 25:40.
In the 1960s, most Americans with intellectual disabilities lived hidden from public view — tucked away in overcrowded state institutions or kept quietly at home. Eunice Kennedy Shriver knew this reality intimately. Her own sister, Rosemary Kennedy, had been institutionalized after a failed lobotomy in 1941. Where the world saw people to be hidden, Shriver saw people worthy of honor.…
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