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.

“Maybe one day we will live in a world without disabilities. Wouldn’t that be perfect for modern-day Hitlers?”

Karen Gaffney has swum the English Channel, given a TEDx talk and received an honorary doctorate.

It remains to be seen whether new efforts to address vulnerabilities faced by low-income, disabled and elderly people will result in meaningful changes.

Sanger argued for compulsory sterilization and segregation for people with disabilities.

‘Wonder’ is a tween melodrama on a mission of mercy.