Roddy and Alex, Jacqui and Robert, Lucy B, and Avril mention special-needs
Did you think of taking on a child with a disability? Sibling group?
“it was a sort of list of illnesses and disabilities and… and background situations that a child may, or may not, have. And it was really hard, a process… to fill in, because it really confronted you very, very directly with, with the type of child tha”
Why do you think a lot of children are left in care?
“And you’ll think ‘oh no, no, no, I can’t possibly do that because I haven’t got the skill’. Nobody is born with that skill, everybody learns that skill with the child. ”
How is it adopting a child with special needs?
“...little Jonny followed by little Jenny, running around in a grassy meadow. Life’s not like that. There is a lot to gain by adopting a special needs child.”
“ I learnt all about adoption and the fact I could adopt despite being single and also I could give up work and there would be an adoption allowance to help me adopt.”
How is it adopting a child with special needs?
“He believes that everyone around him adores him, which is true. So, he’s… in a way, emotionally much easier to look after and we just have to deal with his medical problems”
“It was better for her to be adopted rather - to have a mummy and daddy rather than have guardians for the rest of her life, which was the decision to go ahead and adopt. ”