Educator, social activist, film producer, entrepreneur, President and CEO of the Special Olympics for over a decade, and co-founder and Chairman of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), Timothy Shriver, discusses Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most.
Timothy P. Shriver has dedicated his life to the world's most forgotten minority--people with intellectual disabilities. Fully Alive chronicles Shriver's discovery of a radically different, and inspiring, way of life. We see straight into the lives of those who seem powerless but who have turned that into a power of their own, and through them learn that we are all totally vulnerable and totally valuable at the same time.
In addition, Shriver offers a new look at his family: his parents, Sargent and Eunice Shriver, and his uncles, John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, all of whom were resolute advocates for those on the margins. Here, for the first time, Shriver explores the tremendous impact his aunt Rosemary, born with intellectual disabilities, had on his entire family and their legacy.
Called “Sincere, profound and deeply satisfying” by Kirkus Reviews, Fully Alive masterfully shares Timothy’s life journey, while reflecting on some of the greatest wisdom and the greatest contradictions of our society.