Adoption In America
Most of the children in the United States could be labeled special needs and do fit the criteria of having cognitive, emotional, or learning disabilities. According to the Encyclopedia of Adoption, 2nd edition (Adamec PHD and Pierce PHD) “The term special needs is supposed to refer to conditions or characteristics that make a child difficult to place by the state or an adoption agency. Some of which have absolutely nothing to do with the health or the temperament of the child.
One stereotype that many people have about special needs children is that they are severely mentally disabled, blind or even in a wheelchair. Granted these children would be labeled special needs. These are examples of extreme cases of children with special needs. The definition of special needs vary between states and agencies. One agency or state may label a child as special needs while that same child in another state or agency may be viewed as a child without special needs.(The Encyclopedia of adoption 2nd edition)
There are many children waiting to be adopted with cognitive, emotional or learning disabilities that are labeled special needs. These children are the most common that are waiting for adoption that are labeled special needs. Many children living in the United States do fit these same criteria.
Children in the United States today could be labeled as special needs.
One example of this would be the children in the United States that have been
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diagnosed with ADHD. If a child waiting to be adopted is diagnosed with ADHD they would be labeled as special needs. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the definition of ADHD is a condition of the brain which makes it hard for children to control their behavior. ADHD is the most common chronic condition in children. (AAP website retrieved March 30, 2008) This is only on of the similarities that children...
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