Yet, not that long ago, attitudes were very different. When Eunice Kennedy Shriver wanted to create a summer camp for young people with ID, she was told myth after myth, including that physical exertion might even be harmful for people with ID. Later, when she wanted to hold a “Special Olympics” in Chicago that would include swimming, organizers heard more myths, including that people with Down syndrome had “negative buoyancy”—and would drop in the water like rocks.
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