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Question 10 • Virginia and US History

John F. Kennedy’s “President’s Panel on Mental Retardation” is known today as

Answer
A
the President’s Committee for the Special Olympics.
B
the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
C
the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation.
D
the President’s Committee for the March of Dimes.

Explanation

The panel Kennedy established was later known as the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation. In 2003, its name was changed to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, reflecting updated terminology. So the correct choice is the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.

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