Regular poster but NC for this in case it's outing. We were approved nearly 18 months ago and we have recently been approached with a possible match. The LO's mum has some kind of learning disability but we are not sure of the nature of this. Documents we have seen refer to her having first mild and then moderate learning disabilities and our SW can't tell us which it is or how this manifests itself. I know that some learning disabilities are inherited, while others aren't but I'm trying to find out more about the possible implications of this for a child. Does anyone have any experience of this or can anyone suggest any useful reading?
Our SW has given us very, very little info about the birth mum and I'm finding it really frustrating that they have told us so little. Perhaps I am being unreasonable, and I understand that the birth mother has some right to privacy, but I would like to understand more about her just so that I can try and understand more about the LO and if we are the right match. I accept that all that adoptions come with uncertainty, but after recent threads, I'm starting to wonder if social workers don't have the information, or if they are just reluctant to share it with us. Any words of advice, oh MN wise ones?
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BrunoMartelli · 15/05/2017 19:41
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