Handicapped Twins Get New Parents
A Belgian couple has adopted deaf and blind twin babies who were returned to Brazil by an Israeli couple, their first adoptive parents, orphanage officials announced on Sunday.
They said the 11-month-old baby girls of the northern city of Belem have been adopted by Guy and Christine Scheen of Liege, Belgium.
The Israeli couple first adopted the babies when they were newborns last May but began negotiating for their return in June after medical examinations in Israel revealed they were severely handicapped. The babies were returned to Belem city’s orphanage in September and the adoption was canceled.
Their new father, a social worker, told reporters that his intention was to show the world that families with handicapped children can be happy. His wife, who is awaiting her new family in Belgium, is a nurse.
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