Any Foster Carers here?

SweetTooth

Hi all.
I was wondering if there are any Disabled Foster Carers on here?

SaraC_Scope

Hi

I'm a disabled adoptive parent. I know it's a slightly different process, but reach out if I can help in any way.

@SaraC_Scope

Cerebral Palsy Specialist Cardiff

SweetTooth

Hi Sarah.
Hope you well.
I’m looking into Foster Caring.

Scared wether I’ll pass medical.

SaraC_Scope

Hi @SweetTooth

Fostering and adoption can be very rewarding. There are medical assessments for everyone who goes through these processes.

Having a disability doesn't prevent you from fostering a child, but the organisations want to ensure looking after a child won't impact yours or the child's health and well being. When we went through the adoption process, I was having lots of seizures, so we were unable to adopt a baby. We were asked to consider a child around three and involve support from our family. We did this and our son is 21 next week.

It's important to be honest with the care providers and yourself. They want to work with people from all backgrounds and having a disability brings another dynamic to all the relationships.

If you visit your Local Authority's website, they will have more details on the criteria.

Good luck

Sara

SweetTooth

Thank you for that. Definitely going through with it. Just hope medical pass me!
Sweet Tooth x