[blindkid] New Family

[Merry-Noel Chamberlain]

Heather,
We also adopted our blind daughter from China.  She was 8 when get got her but she had a foster mother in China who taught English so she knew the "Queens English" when get got her.  However, she did not go to school so we put her in the 2nd grade.  She just finished the 5th grade and has caught up and surpassed some of her sighted classmates.  
 
This is a great place for you to go for answers to your questions.  Feel free to post your questions here.  We are all here to offer you support.  Let us know when your son is home.  Best wishes!!!

Merry-Noel Chamberlain

--- On Mon, 6/27/11, Heather Breems <heatherbreems at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Heather Breems <heatherbreems at gmail.com>
Subject: [blindkid] New Family
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 2:11 PM


Hello Everyone,

I am new to this list and just wanted to briefly introduce myself and my
family.  My husband and I are in the final stages of adopting a 2 and half
year old from Haiti who is assumed to have been blind since birth.  As you
can imagine the medical information from Haiti is scarce, but we have
visited with him many times over the course of this year long adoption
process and are so happy we will finally have him home soon.  I have tried
to do as much research and reading as possible to prepare ourselves first
for helping him with the transition.  I am very encouraged to have found
this group along with all the other resources that I know will help our
family and our son.

Sincerely,

-- 
Heather Breems
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