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Considering possible risks and rewards, would you consider adopting a special needs infant?
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November 07, 2009 11:36 PM
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The short answer is it depends on the extent of the child's needs. I have already helped raise a child with some learning disabilities and some physical problems and would absolutely do so again.
Here's the long answer:
A special needs child can be frustrating and exhausting to raise. You may cry more tears than if you raised a child without special needs. You may be tireder. But you also will be prouder of every little achievement. "He can read!" is an exciting realization with a normal five year old child. With a child with special needs that you were afraid meant never being able to learn to read? That moment is so amazing.
I think that you do have to look at the child's needs and whether you will be able to meet them financially, emotionally and physically, though. Will you be able to lift a paralyzed child when he is a full grown man and you are an older woman? Will you be able to afford specialized equipment so a child can communicate with you if he or she can't speak?
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A special needs child can be frustrating and exhausting to raise. You may cry more tears than if you raised a child without special needs. You may be tireder. But you also will be prouder of every little achievement. "He can read!" is an exciting realization with a normal five year old child. With a child with special needs that you were afraid meant never being able to learn to read? That moment is so amazing.
I think that you do have to look at the child's needs and whether you will be able to meet them financially, emotionally and physically, though. Will you be able to lift a paralyzed child when he is a full grown man and you are an older woman? Will you be able to afford specialized equipment so a child can communicate with you if he or she can't speak?
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November 07, 2009 01:42 AM
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If I have the time and the resources as well as the capacity to give and love those who are most in need, I will really adopt and raise up an infant with special needs.
Thus, if you really has that love and care in your heart and the time and resources to support the infant growing needs, you can be more happier and fulfilled in adopting an infant that will surely challenge you to become a good, sacrificing and loving adopted parent.
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Thus, if you really has that love and care in your heart and the time and resources to support the infant growing needs, you can be more happier and fulfilled in adopting an infant that will surely challenge you to become a good, sacrificing and loving adopted parent.
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November 07, 2009 03:03 AM
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No i would not because many special needs children have been shuttled from one family to the next. As a result, they have difficulties forming lasting relationships and find it hard to put their trust in people. Although they have no connection to their parents and may never have known them, they blame themselves for their problems and look for ways of taking out their anger and frustration. At the beginning of their placement there is often a probationary period, during which they'll put their new parents' patience, perseverance and parenting skills to the test. They figure they've been rejected and moved around so many times, they might as well get this placement over with as quickly as the can.
I think about how the child will cope after I have gone and i dont think thats fair.
Thats just my opinion!
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I think about how the child will cope after I have gone and i dont think thats fair.
Thats just my opinion!
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