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Hi everyone!
Fortunately, there are exceptions. I've got a friend who is deaf and some time ago she confessed me she was adopted. According to her, her mother was a deaf woman who couldn't take care of her and her adoptive parents knew her disabilty and, even so, they decided to adopt her. They also adopted her younger sister, who has no disability at all. I admit her parents aren't my cup of tea, I mean, they're nice people but I think they've made many mistakes in her education (for example, she communicates with them with oral language and she didn't learn sign language until 16 years old and that because a friend and me taught her); despite this, they really love her and didn't spare expense to improve her situation (included a cochlear implant. The benefits of this are, at least, arguable, but they meant well). If only they weren't so misinformated about deafness...
This is the opposite case: parents who purposedly adopt a child knowing she's deaf. There are still good people in the world...
I hope I explained myself. I'm not a native speaker, so sorry for my English.
By the way, I'm new in this forum. Nice to meet you.
(I don't surf on the Internet very often. Excuse me if I don't reply immediately).
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