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Saying, you won t amount to nothing, and they say now, he does amount to something, he s special! anne burke and frank 0livo, who sadly died in 2019. remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all our films alongside more than 2,000 radio programmes on our online archive. just go to bbc.co.uk/witnesshistory. now to the 1980s, and a protest which made the national news in america. in 1988, students at the deaf only gallaudet university barricaded their campus, protesting their board of trustees decision to appoint a hearing president. witness history spoke to dr irving king jordan. ....
In 1968, the first games for athletes with learning disabilities was held. they were promoted by america s famous political family the kennedys, one of whom had a learning disability. witness history spoke to organiser anne burke and to athlete frank 0livo about a time when people like him were often feared or ignored. i was a teacher in the chicago park district in 1965 teaching physical education. teaching skills to special athletes like frank, and frank was in the very beginning of the programme. i was 20 when i was in the special olympics. i had spinal meningitis. it made me slow. back in the early 60s, there was no activities and no schooling for people with disabilities, or they were in institutions at the time. ....
Margaret maughan, britain s first paralympic gold medallist who sadly died in 2020. up next, a sporting moment which helped change attitudes. in 1968, the first games for athletes with learning disabilities was held. they were promoted by america s famous political family the kennedys, one of whom had a learning disability. witness history spoke to organiser anne burke and to athlete frank 0livo about a time when people like him were often feared or ignored. i was a teacher in the chicago park district in 1965 teaching physical education. teaching skills to special athletes like frank, and frank was in the very beginning of the programme. i was 20 when i was in the special olympics. i had spinal meningitis. it made me slow. back in the early 60s, there was no activities ....
Other people always put me down, saying, you won t amount to nothing , and they say now, he does amount to something, he s special! anne burke and frank 0livo, who sadly died in 2019. remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all our films alongside more than 2,000 radio programmes on our online archive. just go to bbc.co.uk/witnesshistory. now to the 1980s, and a protest which made the national news in america. in 1988, students at the deaf only gallaudet university barricaded their campus, protesting their board of trustees decision to appoint a hearing president. witness history spoke ....
Which helped change attitudes. in 1968, the first games for athletes with learning disabilities was held. they were promoted by america s famous political family the kennedys, one of whom had a learning disability. witness history spoke to organiser anne burke and to athlete frank 0livo about a time when people like him were often feared or ignored. i was a teacher in the chicago park district in 1965 teaching physical education. teaching skills to special athletes like frank, and frank was in the very beginning of the programme. i was 20 when i was in the special olympics. i had spinal meningitis. it made me slow. back in the early 60s, there was no activities and no schooling for people with disabilities, or they were in institutions at the time. ....