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过去,专家们一直认为智缺者不能参加体育比赛,因为失败会使他们的心灵受到严重的创伤。然而十五年前,美国第三十五任总统约翰·肯尼迪的妹妹尤妮丝却成功地为八岁以上、智商低于七十五的少年儿童创办了“特别奥林匹克运动会”。十五年中,这个组织由小变大、日益兴旺,目前已有五十二个国家的一百万名运动员加入该会。“我从未见过比我妻子更坚定的人,”尤妮丝的丈夫萨金特·施赖弗说,“她就是不相信有做不成的事。”一九六一年,尤妮丝与丈夫一起从芝加哥搬到了华盛顿。不久,她受约翰·肯尼迪之托,为总统顾问小组撰写一份关于智缺者的娱乐和体育活动的报告。由于缺乏资料,她决定采取“后院式”的研究
In the past, experts have always believed that mentally handicapped people can not participate in sports competitions, because failure can seriously devastate their souls. However, fifteen years ago, Younis, the sister of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, successfully founded the “Special Olympics Games” for children aged eight and above with IQ below seventy-five. Fifteen years later, the organization has grown from small to large and booming. To date, one million athletes from 52 countries have joined the association. “I have never seen anyone more determined than my wife,” said Eunice’s husband, Sargent Shriver. “She just did not believe there was anything else impossible.” In 1961, Moved from Chicago to Washington with her husband. Shortly after she was commissioned by John F. Kennedy, she wrote a report on the entertainment and sports activities of the mentally handicapped for the Presidential Advisory Group. Due to the lack of information, she decided to take “backyard” research