Guest guest Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hello everyone, Hope everyone had a great weekend. Please check out LPA's Adoption blog at: http://lpaadoption.blogspot.com There are many children available for adoption right now, and some have grants to help with adoption costs. In particular, there is a 13 year old boy in China on the list who will phase out of the adoption process this year. If this happens, he will be most likely institutionalized. He is reportedly advanced in his school work, and has achondroplasia. He is a very handsome young man. Thanks for all of your support! Colleen Gioffreda LPA Adoption Coordinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Thanks for all that you do Colleen! I really hope the blog and articles about adoption can be in future LPA Today's. I did read the requirements for China, I am surprised that with their extreme over population and one child limit, they are so picky on who can adopt. Are some of those requirements waved specifically for LP parents adopting LP children? That BMI was harsh, not sure if I'd even meet that, even though in the current LPA Today issue, it was stated AP BMI and LP BMI can not be compared in the same way. Are there ever LP kids up for adoption in Western Europe or in the Americas?  ________________________________ From: Colleen <cgioffreda@...> dwarfism Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:17 AM Subject: Adoption  Hello everyone, Hope everyone had a great weekend. Please check out LPA's Adoption blog at: http://lpaadoption.blogspot.com There are many children available for adoption right now, and some have grants to help with adoption costs. In particular, there is a 13 year old boy in China on the list who will phase out of the adoption process this year. If this happens, he will be most likely institutionalized. He is reportedly advanced in his school work, and has achondroplasia. He is a very handsome young man. Thanks for all of your support! Colleen Gioffreda LPA Adoption Coordinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hi, , Thanks for your email - it's wonderful that you're interested in adoption. From my experience, China only allows people who have dwarfism to adopt children with dwarfism, specifically. In other words, if an LP wanted to adopt a child without special needs or even a different special need, it would be more difficult. Not saying it's impossible, because it depends on the age, etc, but China's requirements are rather strict. As for BMI, usually people who are adopting get their Doctors to explain what the BMI numbers mean, or maybe even alter the BMI number according to a different formula. I'm not a big fan of the BMI, myself. There are rarely adoptions available here, but they do happen, and we have a waiting list for parents who are interested in domestic adoptions. As for Western Europe, most of those countries do not adopt outside of their country, so people from the US would not be able to obtain a home study for those countries. Eastern European countries, however, are still allowing adoptions from other countries. (Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Russia are good examples). Thanks! Colleen > > Thanks for all that you do Colleen! > I really hope the blog and articles about adoption can be in future LPA Today's. > I did read the requirements for China, I am surprised that with their extreme over population and one child limit, they are so picky on who can adopt. Are some of those requirements waved specifically for LP parents adopting LP children? That BMI was harsh, not sure if I'd even meet that, even though in the current LPA Today issue, it was stated AP BMI and LP BMI can not be compared in the same way. > Are there ever LP kids up for adoption in Western Europe or in the Americas? >  > > > > ________________________________ > From: Colleen <cgioffreda@...> > dwarfism > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:17 AM > Subject: Adoption > > > >  > > Hello everyone, > > Hope everyone had a great weekend. Please check out LPA's Adoption blog at: > http://lpaadoption.blogspot.com > > There are many children available for adoption right now, and some have grants to help with adoption costs. In particular, there is a 13 year old boy in China on the list who will phase out of the adoption process this year. If this happens, he will be most likely institutionalized. He is reportedly advanced in his school work, and has achondroplasia. He is a very handsome young man. > > Thanks for all of your support! > Colleen Gioffreda > LPA Adoption Coordinator > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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