[blparent] Seeking parents who are blind and who adopted

[Sherry DeFrancesco]

Dear Blind Parent Listers, 

We are a married couple that is totally blind, and have been trying to adopt a child that is blind or visually impaired for the past two years.  It has been a long and exhausting journey due to misconceptions and false beliefs about the abilities of parents who are blind. We have a New York state Foster Parent License, and a completed home study for international adoption. We have tried the New York foster care system, as well as International adoption agencies. New York state did not locate a child that is blind or vision impaired in the NY state foster care system, and we have been turned down by China, India and Russia. There are thousands of blind and vision impaired children out there all over the world who need loving homes including right here in the United States. If anyone out there has any information where we can find blind or vision impaired children in the U.S. in need of a forever family, or successfully adopted a child either domestically or internationally, and can lend some advice/guidance and/or resources to locate the support and understanding that we will need to complete a successful adoption, please contact me privately if you are willing at:
sdefrancesco at optonline.net

I am also willing to discuss on the list if appropriate, however, a private conversation may be more appropriate-either way is fine with me. 

Thank you. 

Best wishes ~ Sherry DeFrancesco