[blindkid] New Family

[Steve and Karen Leinart]

Congratulations Heather!  We've adopted 4 children and 2 of them have 
visual impairments (1 is blind) and were just under 3 when they came 
home.  I wouldn't worry too much about language acquisition.  Both of 
our boys were able to understand simple instructions within a couple of 
days.  One of our boys was quite the talker, and went from speaking only 
in Chinese to mixing Chinese with English within a couple of weeks.  By 
the end of a couple of months, he spoke only in English, and when I 
asked him to use his Chinese, he told me "Chinese all gone".  We also 
live in the Chicago area.  I hope you're able to travel and bring your 
son home soon!
Karen Leinart

On 1:59 PM, Heather Breems wrote:
> 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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