[blparent] Seeking parents who are blind and who adopted

[Barbara Hammel]

Have you tried Guatemala?  That seems to be a popular one with the adoption 
agency we went through.  Granted, all the ones I know are sighted but I'm 
sure they can't be a country without a blind person.  What about Korea or 
Vietnam, also?  Those are the only countries I can think of off the bat. 
Mine are from China.  We got them a year before the requirements changed.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Sherry DeFrancesco" <sdefrancesco at optonline.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:43 PM
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] Seeking parents who are blind and who adopted

> 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
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