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From: Diana.Dawne@f432.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Diana Dawne)
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Subject: Re: adoption
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Date: 18 Jun 91 16:25:07 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 I know that placing any child that is habndicapped or ill is very
 difficult.  When I was still a baby, the state took me away from my
 mother because she was considered unfit.  I suspectthis was a correct
 decision but I had a lot of trouble from the beginning.  My life has
 been blessed with poor health and the state had serious difficulties
 finding anyone who would take me as a result.

Eventually I was adopted by a family who gave me every opportunity, but
that was a real fluke of luck although some would say it was
questionable luck as although these people could provide a lot, they
would never have been given a "Normal" child because they were much
older people.  In fact, I was old enough to wonder about that when the
adoption happened, and I asked the social worker about who and why
people could adopt.  I was really upset when I was told someone like me
was the only kind of person these people would be allowed to addopt.

In ,closing, I should like to say that if you become a foster parent,
and if you are kind and loving, that child will be most fortunateand the
experience of being with you may follow him or her throught the rest of
the child's life.
 * EZ 1.30 *

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