Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJL-01
This interview focuses on the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation’s attempts to pass legislation concerning people with developmental and intellectual disabilities (referred to as "the handicapped" or "mentally retarded") and Lesser’s experiences working with the Kennedy family, among other topics.Content note: This folder contains records that use now-outdated language to describe people with intellectual disabilities. The material is available here in its original form to facilitate research of the historical record.