[blindkid] New Family

Heather Breems heatherbreems at gmail.com
Mon Jun 27 14:28:20 UTC 2011


Thank you Richard and Sally,

We live in Chicago, Illinois.

I am glad to hear that there are other adoptive parents as well.  My biggest
concern initially is that we will speak a different language.  I am an
adoption social worker and see children all the time who learn English
within a few months of being here, but I am not sure if it will be different
for a child who is blind.



On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:

> Welcome Heather, there is a lot of great information here and there are
> many people who are glad to help you however they are able.
>
> Sounds like you are here in the states; what part of the country are you
> from?
>
> Richard
> On Jun 27, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Heather Breems wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I am new to this list and just wanted to briefly introduce myself and my
> > family.  My husband and I are in the final stages of adopting a 2 and
> half
> > year old from Haiti who is assumed to have been blind since birth.  As
> you
> > can imagine the medical information from Haiti is scarce, but we have
> > visited with him many times over the course of this year long adoption
> > process and are so happy we will finally have him home soon.  I have
> tried
> > to do as much research and reading as possible to prepare ourselves first
> > for helping him with the transition.  I am very encouraged to have found
> > this group along with all the other resources that I know will help our
> > family and our son.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > --
> > Heather Breems
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Heather Breems



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