We can't have close to 90 percent of those prenatally diagnosed with an intellectual disability being aborted; 90 percent not going to school; more than 90 percent reporting discrimination in the healthcare system; and 90 percent unemployed, and tell ourselves that we're doing a good job. The obstacles to leading a full life for the vast majority of people with intellectual disabilities are far beyond what they should be, and far beyond what we should tolerate. So yeah, I want change.
People will say you should quit running if you're a slow runner. Or you should quit basketball if you can't dribble with your left hand. I don't agre… - Timothy Shriver
People will say you should quit running if you're a slow runner. Or you should quit basketball if you can't dribble with your left hand. I don't agre…
- Timothy Shriver
We can't have close to 90 percent of those prenatally diagnosed with an intellectual disability being aborted; 90 percent not going to school; more t… - Timothy Shriver
We can't have close to 90 percent of those prenatally diagnosed with an intellectual disability being aborted; 90 percent not going to school; more t…
Olympics are three times more likely to be employed than people of a similar age, ethnic and socioeconomic status who have not been participating. It… - Timothy Shriver
Olympics are three times more likely to be employed than people of a similar age, ethnic and socioeconomic status who have not been participating. It…
Kids coming from very difficult economic circumstances in urban areas are in some ways discriminated against in ways that are similar to the way peop… - Timothy Shriver
Kids coming from very difficult economic circumstances in urban areas are in some ways discriminated against in ways that are similar to the way peop…
I discovered that our clan included loads of cousins and uncles and aunts and animals of every shape. I was taught that chaos and competition were fa… - Timothy Shriver
I discovered that our clan included loads of cousins and uncles and aunts and animals of every shape. I was taught that chaos and competition were fa…
Sport is quite a simple thing. It is play, and in play, people of all ages find the chance to engage their most profound emotions-love, fear, excitem… - Timothy Shriver
Sport is quite a simple thing. It is play, and in play, people of all ages find the chance to engage their most profound emotions-love, fear, excitem…
The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in t… - Timothy Shriver
The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in t…
To be unafraid of the judgement of others is the greatest freedom you can have. - Timothy Shriver
To be unafraid of the judgement of others is the greatest freedom you can have.
I want to change the cycle of stigma and prejudice that destroys lives all over the world every day. Until we can get in front of people and awaken t… - Timothy Shriver
I want to change the cycle of stigma and prejudice that destroys lives all over the world every day. Until we can get in front of people and awaken t…
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