I wrote that the family should assess themselves in regards to their capacity to meet the needs of a child. Some families are far more able to manage special needs. If families are considering adopting an older institutionalised child, for example, I don’t see how they can consider that child not to be a child with special needs.

Too often it appears to me that the family looks upon itself as a static unit and the child as the one who is meant to adapt to fit, rather than it being a two-way street. When those kids hit adolescence you certainly have to be flexible - so I’d like to see the ability to adapt as a critical issue when assessing adoptive applicants in the first place.

Julia Rollings at Discuss-IAT, with permission

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