Is Adopting a Child With Special Needs Right For You?
Adoptions of special needs children have recently become a hot button topic as more and more celebrities decide that special needs adoption is the best way for them to become parents. The challenges of daily living with a child of a special needs adoption are obvious and plentiful, but the rewards of being a parent even richer. Both in America and abroad, special needs adoptions are a way for eager prospective parents to hasten the process. Whereas the wait for a normal, healthy child can be as long as several years, special needs children can be adopted within months. While the reduced wait time may be attractive, a special needs adoption is a life-altering event, and not a decision to be entered into lightly. Some children may be dubbed “special needs” simply because of their age. The older a child is, the longer and more demanding the process of bonding with him or her becomes. Other children may have a variety of physical and/or mental disabilities. There is a chance these children
