"A Little Lower Than the Angels" explores the value of human life, chronicling the lives of childhood friends Marilyn Chambers and Carolyn Nytch.

In 1944, at age 5, Marilyn Chambers, born with profound mental retardation was placed in the Rome State School, in Rome, New York. She remained institutionalized for the next...

 

 

 

Candi Yarbrough was born dead on January 11, 1972. For 45 minutes, doctors frantically worked to restore oxygen to the brain and bring the baby girl back to life.

Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and being non-verbal and non-ambulatory, she was also diagnosed with mental retardation. Candi, now 36, spent 11 years institutionalized in Corpus Christi, Texas and then another 10 years in a Group Home...