Rosemary Kennedy was the sister of former US president John F. Kennedy. While she was born into a high achieving and politically ambitious family, she displayed little academic and sporting potential in her childhood as she suffered from a congenial mental disability due to severe oxygen deficiency during her birth. Unfortunately, that was a hard time for the disabled and their families. The Roman Catholic Church considered disability to be a sign of sin, and the general public believed that such people had bad genes. Therefore, to avoid social stigma, her parents decided to conceal her condition, sending her to a boarding school at the age of 11. Although she showed little academic progress, she grew up to be an amicable lady and at the age of 20, she was successfully presented at the English court. To make sure that his sons’ political careers were not jeopardized by Rosemary’s activities, her father decided to have her go through lobotomy, which failed miserably and left her permanently institutionalized. However, her condition inspired her brother John to initiate a law that aimed at protecting the rights of the disabled. If the disabled have better a life in the US today, it is partly because of her.