‘We Would Have Missed Out’: Parents Adopt Autistic Baby With Down Syndrome Despite Fears

‘We Would Have Missed Out’: Parents Adopt Autistic Baby With Down Syndrome Despite Fears
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Jen and Juan Benito decided to become foster parents to a special-needs baby after having three children of their own, yet they admit there were fixed feelings of uncertainty and downright terror in the beginning.

The parents had wanted to adopt but couldn’t afford the hefty fees charged by private adoption agencies. Then a social worker called and asked them if they would be willing to adopt a child with special needs not as a foster child but as one of their own.