Sensory Integration Dysfunction or Sensory Processing Disorder (SID or SPD) is one of the most common disorders seen in adopted children, including my son. It can be minor or severe…so severe that it disrupts every aspect of their daily lives. It does, and can with AJ.
According to Carol Stock Kranowitz, SPD is the oversensitivity and undersensitivity to touch, taste, smell, sound, or sight, and/or to movement sensations, unusual activity levels, and problems with motor coordination. But, that is just in the simplest …read more

As a writer I am finding this daunting because it is so personal. How can I possibly ask a woman carrying a child to place that child with our family forever?
Birth parents have the opportunity to chose the families their children are placed with forever. But writing that letter can be one of the most difficult things a husband and wife ever does.
What should go into that letter?