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Congratulations to Sari!
We have found you two children.
Anne Gabrielle is a six-year-old girl from France (she speaks fairly good English). Her abusive mother killed her father and is now in prison. Because of this, Anne is extremely shy and withdrawn. She doesn't trust adults at all and can be very difficult. She is terrified of being adopted, but after seeing a picture and description of you she was slightly reassured. She will need a lot of time and care, and possibly therapy, to help her open up. She should probably be sent to a smaller school, if not put in a special education class.
Sofia Linnea is a four-year-old girl from Sweden with severe cerebral palsy. She cannot walk or talk and uses a wheelchair with an artificial voice generator. Her mental capacity is unaffected, though, and she is very bright and loves to learn new things. She wears hearing aids which restore her hearing to normal, but is mostly deaf without them. She is a little wary of people at first because her parents abandonded her because of her disability, but once you earn her trust she is very loving and sweet.
We hope you enjoy your new children. Please let us know how Anne and Sofia are doing!
We have found you two children.
Anne Gabrielle is a six-year-old girl from France (she speaks fairly good English). Her abusive mother killed her father and is now in prison. Because of this, Anne is extremely shy and withdrawn. She doesn't trust adults at all and can be very difficult. She is terrified of being adopted, but after seeing a picture and description of you she was slightly reassured. She will need a lot of time and care, and possibly therapy, to help her open up. She should probably be sent to a smaller school, if not put in a special education class.
Sofia Linnea is a four-year-old girl from Sweden with severe cerebral palsy. She cannot walk or talk and uses a wheelchair with an artificial voice generator. Her mental capacity is unaffected, though, and she is very bright and loves to learn new things. She wears hearing aids which restore her hearing to normal, but is mostly deaf without them. She is a little wary of people at first because her parents abandonded her because of her disability, but once you earn her trust she is very loving and sweet.
We hope you enjoy your new children. Please let us know how Anne and Sofia are doing!
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Thank you Julia! (6 months later)
Anne, who we have affectionately started calling Anna, is struggling with all the people visiting her. We have a very loving neighborhood, to a fault almost, and it was very difficult for me to convince them that they couldn't come over to see her. When some did anyway, Anna was very spooked and cried in her bed for the rest of the day. I home schooled her for a while, teaching her more English with the help of my French studies all through school. She is now going to a special-ed first grade class and is responding well to that. I think that for third grade I will be able to put her in public school. We did not set her up with a therapist, because she was so petrified of the doctor! As for our relationship, she was deathly afraid of me for the first few weeks, but now we get along pretty well. She gets really emotionally overwhelmed and has severe tantrums, but who can blame her? Overall she's beating the odds.
Sofia is doing well too. It was helpful to have her here with Anna so she wasn't alone in a world of adults. We also had to convince our neighbors to leave her alone, though when the few obstinate friends showed up, she wasn't as traumatized. Now, 6 months later, she is very happy and popular with her voice generator, wheelchair, and hearing aids. She will be starting kindergarten next year and is very excited! I was consistently amazed by her mental capacity while teaching her English. When people see her, they think she will be mentally handicapped, but they are astounded when they actually meet her. I am considering getting her a parakeet soon – I think she would love it and it would be a great pet for her. Sofia loves the idea. She is a very positive influence in Anna's life and mine.
This is the best picture Anna would let us take. :)
(Sorry it's so big!)
This is Sofia without her wheelchair.
Anne, who we have affectionately started calling Anna, is struggling with all the people visiting her. We have a very loving neighborhood, to a fault almost, and it was very difficult for me to convince them that they couldn't come over to see her. When some did anyway, Anna was very spooked and cried in her bed for the rest of the day. I home schooled her for a while, teaching her more English with the help of my French studies all through school. She is now going to a special-ed first grade class and is responding well to that. I think that for third grade I will be able to put her in public school. We did not set her up with a therapist, because she was so petrified of the doctor! As for our relationship, she was deathly afraid of me for the first few weeks, but now we get along pretty well. She gets really emotionally overwhelmed and has severe tantrums, but who can blame her? Overall she's beating the odds.
Sofia is doing well too. It was helpful to have her here with Anna so she wasn't alone in a world of adults. We also had to convince our neighbors to leave her alone, though when the few obstinate friends showed up, she wasn't as traumatized. Now, 6 months later, she is very happy and popular with her voice generator, wheelchair, and hearing aids. She will be starting kindergarten next year and is very excited! I was consistently amazed by her mental capacity while teaching her English. When people see her, they think she will be mentally handicapped, but they are astounded when they actually meet her. I am considering getting her a parakeet soon – I think she would love it and it would be a great pet for her. Sofia loves the idea. She is a very positive influence in Anna's life and mine.
This is the best picture Anna would let us take. :)
(Sorry it's so big!)This is Sofia without her wheelchair.
This message was edited 1/23/2007, 6:00 PM
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