20
Sep
2019

Adoption Barriers Faced by Deaf Lesbians

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Accommodation, Adoption, ASL, Children, Counseling, Deaf, Domestic Violence, Laws, Legal Issues, LGBTQAA, Medical, Mental Health, National, Parenting/Families, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy Tags: , , , , , , ,

Deaf Lesbians’ Systemic Barriers to Adoption Ella and Judy discuss the challenges they faced as first-generation lesbian mothers dealing with systemic barriers to adoption. Domestic Violence Led to Move Judy: I had five children who I brought with me to Kansas from Oklahoma due to domestic violence that caused a breakdown in spiritual growth, as well as physical, emotional and …

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19
Sep
2019
Deaf Indian Adoption

Deaf Indian Adoption: Maureen’s Story

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Adoption, ASL, Assessment, Audism, Children, Counseling, Deaf, Health, Language, Medical, Mental Health, National, Parenting/Families, Psychology, Therapy, Videos Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Advice for Prospective Adoptive Deaf Parents Maureen shares her Deaf Indian adoption experience and offers two important pieces of advice for prospective adoptive parents. Communication Access and Medical-Related Issues Hi, I’m Maureen Behrens. I’d like to share my adoption story, focusing on communication access and medical-related issues. I adopted my daughter about 10 ½ years ago, through the Holt International …

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18
Sep
2019

Deaf Adoption: Unwanted Medical Advice Story

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: Adoption, Cochlear Implants, Counseling, Deaf, Medical, Mental Health, Parenting/Families, Therapy, Videos Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Ron discusses dealing with a medical issue related to his son and some unwanted medical advice from the doctor. Experience Related to the Medical Field Ron: Hi and good afternoon, I’m Ron Symansky, a father of three adopted children through international adoptions. I’d like to share one of my experiences related to the medical field. My oldest son had a …

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11
Sep
2019

Adoption: A Deaf Adoptive Parent, Kym’s Story

By: Deaf Counseling Center Category: ADHD, Adoption, Counseling, Deaf, Health, Medical, Mental Health, Parenting/Families, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy, Videos Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Adoption and the Medical Community Hi, I’m Kym Symansky. I’m the mother of three children through international adoption. I want to share my experience with adoption, particularly with the medical community. When our children came home, I felt like they were my children, 500% mine, even though they did not come from my womb. They are children who came from …

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