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" Montessori believed that if children were exposed to a safe, experiential learning environment (as opposed to a structured classroom), with access to specific learning materials and supplies, and if they were supervised by a gentle and attentive teacher, they would become self-motivated to learn. She discovered that, in this environment, older children readily worked with younger children, helping them to learn from, and cooperate with, each other. Montessori advocated teaching practical skills, like cooking, carpentry, and domestic arts, as an integrated part of a classical education in literature, science, and math. To her surprise, teenagers seemed to benefit from this approach the most; it built confidence, and the students became less resistant to traditional educational goals. Through this method, each child could reach his or her potential, regardless of age and intellectual ability. "
― Kate Clifford Larson , Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
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" This diet of Elizabeth Arden is very good. I have gone down between 5 and 7 pounds already living on salads, egg at night, meat once a day, fish if I want, spinach and soup. Wait to [sic] you see me. I will be thin when Jack sees me.” In spite of the pressure from home to conform both physically and intellectually, Rosemary flourished under the Assumption school’s individual instruction, constant reinforcement, repetitious exercises, and emotional support, a program better suited to Rosemary’s needs than that of any other institution she had attended. "
― Kate Clifford Larson , Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
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" In the hours, days, and weeks following lobotomy, patients like Rosemary experienced a wide array of postoperative reactions and symptoms. They vomited uncontrollably. Incontinence plagued some for weeks or months or longer. They were alternately restless and inert, many with expressionless faces, their eyes transfixed or drowsy-looking. Many picked at the surgical dressing on their head. Confused and frightened, many became extremely agitated and cried or laughed uncontrollably. Some would require help feeding, cleaning, and dressing themselves, as Rosemary would. "
― Kate Clifford Larson , Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
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" Ted helped pass major social and civil rights legislation. His efforts include the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Child Care Act (both passed in 1990), and the Ryan White AIDS Care Act of 1990; he increased funding for the National Institutes of Health and many more educational, housing, medical, and support-services programs. The ADA specifically prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability, forcing the inclusion of millions of people with disabilities in education, housing, employment, sports, and more. Hatch said that even though he and Kennedy differed much on policy and philosophy, he “never doubted for a minute [Ted’s] commitment to help the elderly, the ill, and those Americans who have been on the outside looking in for far too long. "
― Kate Clifford Larson , Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter