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A Glimpse Beyond the Special Need

Limb Differences, Amniotic Band Syndrome / Missing Limbs   China   Family Adoption Stories, Boys

Because of his limb differences, Eli is considered to be a child with “special needs.” It is strange, however, to write about this topic b...

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Adopting a Child with Amniotic Band Syndrome

Amniotic Band Syndrome / Missing Limbs   Special Needs Adoption, Medical

One common reason for “missing fingers/toes/limbs” on a pre-adoption referral is something called Amniotic band syndrome (ABS; also known ...

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Lilah's Turn

Limb Differences, Amniotic Band Syndrome / Missing Limbs   China   Special Needs Adoption

Lilah is our second adopted child from China. Her brother Luke was adopted in February 2007 and the word to best describe his adoption was probably sh...

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Just a Child

Limb Differences, Amniotic Band Syndrome / Missing Limbs   China   Special Needs Adoption

I am standing at the playground when a solemn looking boy of about five comes up and tugs on my pant leg. "Hey lady!" he says in a whisper, "Your lit...

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Our daughter with Amniotic Band Syndrome

Amniotic Band Syndrome / Missing Limbs   Special Needs Adoption

Our journey to adopt our daughter was not an easy one. At times it stressed our emotions and faith to extremes that we had never experienced before.&n...

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Inspirations in Life

Amniotic Band Syndrome / Missing Limbs   Special Needs Adoption

I can still clearly remember the day nearly seven years ago when our social worker called to say she had just received information on a three-month-ol...

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