John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Society for too long has closed the door against the mentally…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1963

Society for too long has closed the door against the mentally retarded.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

Source

Letter to Dr. Stafford L. Warren at the Opening of the White House Conference on Mental Retardation

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Society for too long has closed the door against the mentally retarded.”