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Excuse me, but my daughter was born missing parts of both legs and some fingers. I don't consider her handicapped either. She does tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, cheer leading and tumbling. She attends regular classes where she gets good grades. She is just a normal kid who happens to use prosthetic legs. We are adopting again, and this time we are getting a little boy who is missing both legs completely and one arm. Again, he is no different than any other child, he will just use a wheelchair and be more creative about how he does things. My dh is losing his hearing and so we are also learning sign. Many of the children who are missing limbs are not at all handicapped. My friends little boys is missing a hand, he does everything his brothers do. We do not consider him handicapped. He does not use any prosthesis or anything. So he is probably better able to function than my husband who must use hearing aids or sign. I do not consider my deaf friends disabled and I don't consider my daughter disabled. My son, perhaps because he will use a wheelchair full time. I am sorry if I offended everyone, but many people don't know much about children with missing limbs. The schools have all sorts of protocall and information on helping deaf children, and there are many organizations, but for children born missing limbs, the schools often don't know what to do with them. Most of the children available for adoption on the limb different list that was mentioned have very minor issues and will need little or no treatment. The parents who adopt these children will need little training on how to help them. Very few are as severe as my son. Most are only missing one limb and can function just fine without it.
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