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It's Their Hearts That Make Them Special

08 Oct 2008 | Stacy Perry

Heart Defect   Korea South   Special Needs Adoption

How many children will join our family until we will feel our family is complete?  After two biological boys and two daughters adopted from Korea...

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An Open International Adoption

08 Oct 2008 | An Adoptive Mother

Korea South   Birth Families

There were many reasons we chose international adoption, one being that we weren't interested in an open adoption.  After attending a workshop at...

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The Children that Aren't Home

08 Oct 2008 | Susan Serrano

Orphan and Family Aid, Child Sponsorship

Tracy Arnold-Chapman's family bustles with the vitality of six-year-old Anna and seven-year-old Ada , the children she and her husband Jeff adopted fr...

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Thinking About Adopting an Older Child?

08 Oct 2008 | Rebecca Leaming-Hackworth, MSW, LCSW

Older Child Adoption, Bonding & Attachment

When my husband and I first started the adoption process, we learned about two sisters, ages two and four, in an orphanage in Haiti. We were so excite...

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You've Adopted an Older Child..

08 Oct 2008 | Rebecca Leaming-Hackworth, MSW, LCSW

Haiti   Older Child Adoption, Bonding & Attachment

A few months after our girls came home from Haiti at ages two and four, my eldest headed outside with a bar of soap to shower in the rain. In Haiti on...

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Operation Babylift

31 Aug 2008 | LeAnn Thieman

Adoption News, Orphan and Family Aid, Media

When I had agreed to be the next volunteer to escort six babies from Vietnam to their adoptive homes in the United States , there had been no increase...

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Adoptee Deportation and Citizenship

31 Aug 2008 | Margie Perscheid

Adoption News, Adoptee Articles, Adoption Process

You're a young man or woman who has grown up in an American family, the only one you've ever known. Your only language is English. You go to school or...

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Creating a Classroom for Adopted and Non-Adopted Children

31 Aug 2008 | Elizabeth Hunt

Adoptee Articles, Adoption and School

In the earliest pictures Jill Lampman has of her older daughter, Elena's hair is short and choppy. There are dark circles under her eyes. When Elena's...

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A Grandma's Love

30 Aug 2008 | Nancy O'Neill

Family Adoption Stories, Adoptee Articles, Bonding & Attachment

What if I can't love her? What if I don't even like her? I was so excited to finally be in Hanoi , Vietnam , but I was also ashamed. Why couldn't I ke...

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The Reluctant Family

30 Aug 2008 | Dawn Davenport

How To Adopt, Bonding & Attachment, Adoption Process

After deciding that adoption is the right choice for building your family, you naturally want everyone to be as excited as you. Unfortunately, this ma...

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Country Programs

  1. Eastern Europe
    • Albania
    • Armenia
    • Bulgaria
    • Georgia
    • Hungary
    • Kazakhstan
    • Latvia
    • Lithuania
    • Macedonia
    • Moldova
    • Poland
    • Romania
    • Serbia
  2. Asia
    • Azerbaijan
    • China
    • Hong Kong
    • India
    • Japan
    • Korea South
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Marshall Islands
    • Philippines
    • Taiwan
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
  3. Latin America
    • Brazil
    • Colombia
    • Costa Rica
    • Dominican Republic
    • Ecuador
    • El Salvador
    • Guyana
    • Honduras
    • Mexico
    • Nicaragua
    • Panama
    • Peru
  4. Africa
    • Burkina Faso
    • Burundi
    • Liberia
    • Morocco
    • South Africa
    • Uganda
  5. Caribbean Islands
    • Haiti
    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)
  6. Unspecified
    • Samoa
  7. USA
    • USA

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Special Needs

  1. Blood Conditions
    1. Blood Disorder
    2. Hemophilia
    3. Hepatitis B Positive
    4. Hepatitis C
    5. HIV Positive
    6. Lead Exposure
    7. Lymphedema
    8. Sickle Cell Anemia
    9. Thalassemia
  2. Chromosome Disorders
    1. Cystic Fibrosis
    2. Down Syndrome
    3. Genetic Syndrome
    4. PKU
    5. Teratoma
    6. Turner Syndrome
  3. Congenital Heart Defects
    1. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
    2. Heart Defect
    3. Tetralogy of Fallot
  4. Craniofacial Conditions
    1. Apert Syndrome
    2. Cleft lip or palate
    3. Hemifacial Microsomia
  5. Developmental Needs
    1. Apraxia of Speech and Muteness
    2. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD's)
    3. Cognitive Delays
    4. Failure to Thrive
    5. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
    6. Growth Delay
    7. Motor Delays
    8. Premature Birth
    9. Psychomotor Development Retardation (PDR)
    10. Speech Delay
  6. Digestive System Conditions
    1. Hernia
    2. Megacolon
  7. Hearing
    1. Deaf
    2. Hearing Impairment
    3. Microtia and Atresia
  8. Neurological Conditions
    1. Cerebral Palsy
    2. Dyskinesia
    3. Epilepsy
    4. Hydrocephalus
    5. Microcephaly
    6. Seizure Disorder/ Epilepsy
  9. Orthopedic Conditions
    1. Amniotic Band Syndrome / Missing Limbs
    2. Arthrogryposis
    3. Brachial Plexus Injury
    4. Club foot
    5. Digit Difference
    6. Dwarfism
    7. Flexion Deformity
    8. Funnel Chest / Pigeon Breast
    9. Limb Differences
    10. Osteogenesis Imperfecta
    11. Radial Club
    12. Rickets
    13. Scoliosis
    14. Spina Bifida
    15. Torticollis
    16. Wheelchair Dependent
    17. Wheelchair Dependent
  10. Other Considerations
    1. 9 Years Plus
    2. AGEING OUT
    3. Attachment Issues
    4. Second Placement
    5. Trauma
  11. Skin Conditions
    1. Albinism
    2. Burns
    3. Congenital Blue Nevus
    4. Congenital Nevi
    5. Eczema
    6. Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
    7. Hemangioma
    8. Ichthyosis
    9. Port Wine Stains
  12. Urogenital Conditions
    1. Ambiguous Genitalia
    2. Anal Atresia / Imperforate Anus
    3. Hypospadias
    4. Incontinence
    5. Kidney Issues
  13. Vision
    1. Blind
    2. Cataracts
    3. Lazy Eye / Amyblyopia
    4. Missing Eye
    5. Nystagmus
    6. Ptosis
    7. Strabismus
    8. Visual Impairment

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