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Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day celebrates rights and dignity for people with intellectual disabilities

NEW YORK, USA, 24 September 2010 – Tomorrow, UNICEF will join its global partner Special Olympics International and other advocates for children with intellectual disabilities worldwide in marking the first Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day. This new annual observance has been established to celebrate the life and legacy of Ms. Shriver, who founded the Special Olympics in 1968 and remained a driving force for disability rights throughout her life. She died in August 2009.

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