title: Adoption outcomes for children with handicaps.
abstract: About 800 families who had adopted children with special needs responded to a mailed survey. Most reported good adoption outcomes. The presence of a handicap--vision, hearing, or physical impairment, mental retardation, or serious medical condition--was not an important factor influencing outcome.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Groze
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Aguilar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires