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One family’s story – adopting children with additional needs

About the family

In this video we meet a wonderful couple and two of their three adopted children. The couple first adopted biological brother and sister in 2011 and in this video talk about why as an ‘older couple’ they felt it was right for them to adopt a brother and sister together to grow their family.

The couple also talk about why they would encourage people to open their minds to adopting children with additional needs based on their experiences with their youngest daughter who has cerebral palsy and scoliosis, and their eldest daughter who has learning difficulties.
“There’s no stopping her.” Kevin

 

Find out more

View more of our real-life video case studies on the our children, our families page.

Not everyone goes into adoption certain that they want to adopt more than one child – if you’d like to find out more about adopting brothers and sisters, why not read our article all about the benefits of adopting siblings?

 

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