CAN A Downs Syndrome person ADOPT?
There are varying degrees of Downs Syndrome, and providing that the disease is not at a stage where she couldn’t take care of herself and a child, and providing she can pass a home study, she should be able to. The drawback might be that although DS people generally are so much happier than “normal” people, they can have a tendency to strike out in anger when they do get mad, that the proper way to channel anger is not as “hidden” as a normal person’s who might not show anger on the outside, even though they truly are MAD on the inside. They would probably be the perfect parents for a DS child though. I can see them being able to adopt a child, although I’d see little hope for a newborn infant. Is her husband also DS? If I were them, I’d try through DHS and fostering to adopt program. Good luck!
