People with intellectual disabilities are, as Jean Vanier is fond of calling them, “friends of time.”

The documentary version of Andrew Solomon's book emphasizes the love parents have for children with autism, deafness and other unexpected identities.

With a smile on his face and his right arm raised in the air, Francis placed his two middle fingers in his palms and signed “I love you.”

As states continue to close large state-run institutions designed to house large numbers of people with cognitive disabilities, the United States faces a new crisis: a shortage of new nonprofit group homes.