[blparent] Seeking parents who are blind and who adopted

[E. Tarr]

Hello, Sherry.
     I know of several couples who have adopted disabled children from
Korea, including my parents who adopted four disabled children from
Korea, myself included.  I also know of a couple who adopted a little
girl who is blind from Thailand.
     I was adopted through Holt, but that was 25 years ago.  I would
have to ask around to find out what the other agencies were.

Elizabeth

On 8/29/09, Sherry DeFrancesco <sdefrancesco at optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Barbara,
> Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, since the Hague Convention,
> Guatamala and Vietnam are currently not in agreement with the U.S. and
> adoptions are not permitted at this time. Guatamala does not meet the Hague
> requirements, and I am not entirely certain why there are restrictions with
> Vietnam. It is all politics and bureaucracy as compared to years ago. Korea
> is slowly dwindling down in terms of adoption to U.S. citizens, or any
> country except for their own; and are  expected to stop all adoption by
> 2012. So, we have explored these options already. We are now looking further
> into Ukraine. Perhaps, this will go well. There are no "restrictions" in
> their laws that restrict parents who are blind, but this could be because
> they do not believe that blind people would even apply :(
> We shall see. It has been very difficult finding adoptive parents who are
> blind; apparently there are not that many, or perhaps there are and I just
> cannot find them...
> China asked questions like "how much can they see?" Does one of them see?"
> "Well, if one of them out of the two has vision in at least one eye, then we
> will accept them"
>
> This journey to adoption, for us, has been a nightmare, however, an
> incredible learning experience. There will be a light at the end of this
> tunnel--it is not in our nature to give up easily, or at all :)
>
> Again, thank you for your response and suggestions :)
> Best wishes, Sherry
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 9:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Seeking parents who are blind and who adopted
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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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