She is very much in demand with parents who want their kids to be well-educated. We both have done a lot of advocacy work for the adoption of special needs children. My wife testified before the Senate committee on child rights. As a result of community work, a great deal of legislation passed to support adoption of special needs children. It made it much more feasible to adopt these children than to keep placing them in different foster homes.
Adoption makes for a better quality of life.
All of the legislation was passed in 1980, but unfortunately, President Reagan took money out of social programs and built up defense. There was great legislation on the books but no money behind it. Today things are much more normalized, though. Yes, they were both considered special needs when we adopted them at two and three. Now, one is 26 and one is 29.