[blparent] Seeking parents who are blind and who adopted

Sun Aug 30 16:12:18 UTC 2009

Thanks Amber, nope, Nepal has not been explored much, but will add it to our 
list :)
Hope that we don't have to climb a mountain to show them that we are capable 
of parenting! LOL!
It feels that way sometimes...

We are not restricted to New York, in fact, a U.S. adoption would go much 
smoother in terms of paperwork, travel and expenses. However, finding a 
child in the U.S. that is blind or VI that does not have many, many other 
medical problems has been difficult to find. It is very sad, but we are not 
prepared or willing to be medical guardians, and really want a child that 
can walk and talk...
 Thanks much, Sherry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amber Boggs" <amberboggs at socal.rr.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Seeking parents who are blind and who adopted

> have you tried napol? Spelling? Its where mount everist is located. I no 
> Eric Weinmayer who is blind adopted a little boy from there a year or two 
> ago. Good luck on your quest. Can you adopt out side of newyork?
> Amber Boggs
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sherry DeFrancesco" <sdefrancesco at optonline.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Seeking parents who are blind and who adopted
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>>
>> 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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