I was wondering if anyone has adopted if you have a birth child with SEN. I have a 9 year old with ADHD and autism and cannot have more children. Me and DH are interested in adoption but I am worried that adoption will involve talking on a child with significant additional needs (having read up a lot on the damage to brain development that can occur even when the child is in the womb in a neglectful/abusive environment) and whether this is fair on either DS or the adopted child. On the other hand, I think DS would relate better to an older child (circa 3 to 5) than he would if we had a baby through surrogacy, which is our other option. Maybe this is an idealistic way of thinking though. I would just like to hear others experience and views on this
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firecracker123 · 19/07/2015 10:15
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