[blparent] Question about adopting

[Dena Wainwright]

your local CNIB will likely have a social worker on staff--ours did growing 
up. could you contact this person and begin working with them. they may have 
experience helping others who are blind to adopt, and may be able to give 
you great resources or ideas about how to navigate the process.
Dena

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannan Zinck" <shannanzinck at gmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 2:50 PM
Subject: [blparent] Question about adopting


> Actually the lack of confidence thing is probably more to the truth though
> it's not confidence in my abilities that concerns me it's my lack of
> confidence in my ability to convey that to adoption services. I live it 
> New
> Brunswick Canada where the only root you have available is through social
> services so I have no choice as to who to work with. There are no 
> agencies.
> Borrowing an infant would be great except for the fact that they are not
> concerned about a baby but, rather a toddler who can get into things. It's
> quite funny in a way because the age group they are so concerned about is
> the age group that I have the most experience with. I have looked after
> children all my life since I was 12 years old. Mostly ages 1-5. I took an
> early childhood course in high school but, that was years ago. I even took
> care of an autistic child for a few years every day. I have stellar
> references and one of them is the mother of the autistic child. So it 
> boils
> down to my ability is not the problem, explaining that it is not a problem
> is. Yeah confidence.
>
> -- 
> Shannan Zinck
> Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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