*Ø* Blogmanac | Olympics chief attacks Irish Sars ban
The head of the Global Special Olympics Movement has called Ireland's ban on athletes from Sars-affected countries a shocking low point in the games' 35-year history.
Timothy P Shriver, a nephew of former US President John F Kennedy, said he was appalled the exclusion applied solely to Special Olympics athletes, and not to the wider population travelling from those areas.
He said it added further indignity to the daily burden of exclusion, rejection or grudging acceptance experienced by the 170m people with mental disabilities world-wide.
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The head of the Global Special Olympics Movement has called Ireland's ban on athletes from Sars-affected countries a shocking low point in the games' 35-year history.
Timothy P Shriver, a nephew of former US President John F Kennedy, said he was appalled the exclusion applied solely to Special Olympics athletes, and not to the wider population travelling from those areas.
He said it added further indignity to the daily burden of exclusion, rejection or grudging acceptance experienced by the 170m people with mental disabilities world-wide.
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