yes it is possible just like its possible to adopt a non special needs child... here in america anyone can choose to adopt, go through the classes, go through the home studies, release their mental and physical health records and go through the psych evals required, then be put on the list as a person who would like to adopt a child....

also from reading the posts in this thread I can tell you that not all special needs children go through having mental disorders, abandonment and so on. many children at birth their parents can not take care of them to to their own finances, their own health issues or life circumstances decide to put their child up for adoption. in turn they go directly from the hospital to the new parents that want to adopt them, or into special foster homes that adoption agencies use for special needs children, the special needs children most times in foster care either private or state.

to get on your locations adoption list contact your department of human services or look in your phone directory (online or off) for adoption agencies in your location. they will tell you the whole process for getting on the various adoption listings...

i can tell you from having friends who have adopted. the process is very long, years long. it isnt something where you walk in the door sign up and you get a child. they are very thorough and leave nothing to chance. Only you can decide whether you are ....capable... of taking care of a special needs child. but these agencies will be looking at things like your finances, what your home life is like, whether you are mentally stable, physically able to handle being a parent... some parts of the process may make you very angry and rightly so, but adoption, its about whats best for the child not whats best for you kind of thing.

my point yes its possible for you or anyone else in america to adopt a special needs child............. but whether they are able to mentally, physically and financially make it through the process and then spend the next 20-30 years caring for this child is another matter. (the reason they factor in 20-30 years is because special needs children are usually delayed in many different ways which causes them to need a parents or guardians help well into adulthood.)

my suggestion is to read your past posts and factor into those posts having a child who may need many surgeries, many medications, cost of health insurance, food clothing, shelter, age and special doctors, ... example my friends down syndrome child was born with out a palate, as the child developed needed braces, coclear implant, stomach surgery.... the child is only 4 yrs old, with many more challenges ahead of him....

yes its possible and yes, only you know whether you are ....capable... of adopting a special needs child.