Fully alive : discovering what matters most / Timothy Shriver.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Sarah Crichton Books, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374280918
  • 0374280916
  • 9780374535827
  • 0374535825
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 796.087/4 23
LOC classification:
  • GV722.5.S64 S57 2014
Contents:
Introduction: A school of the heart -- Boat races -- Much is expected -- Pity or purge -- Rosemary -- The greatest effort -- Daybreak -- As simple as possible -- Being in love -- Social and emotional learning -- Loretta -- Tough world -- The fun that lasts -- I am so proud -- The heart off guard -- Humility and simplicity -- Fully alive -- Storm the castle -- A note on language: Label me able.
Summary: "A memoir and history of the Special Olympics and a meditation on what one can learn about how to live from people with intellectual disabilities, by the chairman of the Special Olympics"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Shriver shows how his teachers have been the world's most forgotten minority: people with intellectual disabilities. He shares the quiet legacy of his aunt Rosemary, a Kennedy whose intellectual disability kept her far from the limelight, and inspired his family to devote their careers to helping the most vulnerable. We meet the individuals of Special Olympics who helped Shriver come of age and find a deeper and more meaningful way to see the world.
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"A memoir and history of the Special Olympics and a meditation on what one can learn about how to live from people with intellectual disabilities, by the chairman of the Special Olympics"-- Provided by publisher.

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Shriver shows how his teachers have been the world's most forgotten minority: people with intellectual disabilities. He shares the quiet legacy of his aunt Rosemary, a Kennedy whose intellectual disability kept her far from the limelight, and inspired his family to devote their careers to helping the most vulnerable. We meet the individuals of Special Olympics who helped Shriver come of age and find a deeper and more meaningful way to see the world.

Introduction: A school of the heart -- Boat races -- Much is expected -- Pity or purge -- Rosemary -- The greatest effort -- Daybreak -- As simple as possible -- Being in love -- Social and emotional learning -- Loretta -- Tough world -- The fun that lasts -- I am so proud -- The heart off guard -- Humility and simplicity -- Fully alive -- Storm the castle -- A note on language: Label me able.

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