Special Needs Adoption
Special needs adoption has come into the news recently with Katherine Heigl just having adopted her new daughter Naleigh from Korea. Heigl chose to adopt from Korea because her sister Meg Heigl is also native to the country, and she has stated that she has always wanted to take part in such an adoption in honor of Meg. Naleigh is named after Heigl’s mother and sister, who are named Nancy and Leigh respectively. Adopting Naleigh together with Heigl is Josh Kelley, her singer/songwriter husband, with whom she had talked beforehand about her desire to adopt. Heigl was able to go through the adoption process fairly quickly because Naleigh qualifies as a “special needs” child. Special needs children have priority because they need specific attention for their condition or circumstances.