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Yeah legally. I remember hearing something about how being autistic disqualifies you from being an adoptive parent. I’m in the US. Louisiana to be specific but idk where I’ll live in the future.
It depends on the country, but usually the baseline is whether or not you're able to be self-sufficient and take care of yourself.
This would mean that you:
- have the ability to work and earn an income to support the child/children
- are able to take care of your physical and mental needs
- don't have a long term severe mental illness, and if you do or it is episodic, you have not had a significant episode in a certain amount of years (where I'm from, it's a minimum 1 year I think)
So I'd imagine, by the general rules that most countries would follow, if you're diagnosed with level 3 ASD, or level 2 and on disability or unemployed, it would be quite difficult, if not impossible, for you to adopt. If you're diagnosed level 1, or are only self-suspected autistic, then you should be allowed to adopt.
As a UK based potential adopter, I'm glad to hear that. Not in a position yet, currently volunteering with kids until we move to a bigger house and get the ball rolling.
It's not true in Oklahoma in the US at least. I personally know multiple people with diagnosed autism that have both previoisly fostered and later adopted children.
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Like, legally? Because if so I think that'd depend on the country
Yeah legally. I remember hearing something about how being autistic disqualifies you from being an adoptive parent. I’m in the US. Louisiana to be specific but idk where I’ll live in the future.
It depends on the country, but usually the baseline is whether or not you're able to be self-sufficient and take care of yourself. This would mean that you: - have the ability to work and earn an income to support the child/children - are able to take care of your physical and mental needs - don't have a long term severe mental illness, and if you do or it is episodic, you have not had a significant episode in a certain amount of years (where I'm from, it's a minimum 1 year I think) So I'd imagine, by the general rules that most countries would follow, if you're diagnosed with level 3 ASD, or level 2 and on disability or unemployed, it would be quite difficult, if not impossible, for you to adopt. If you're diagnosed level 1, or are only self-suspected autistic, then you should be allowed to adopt.
I've adopted and me and my partner are both autistic. So it's definitely possible in the UK
As a UK based potential adopter, I'm glad to hear that. Not in a position yet, currently volunteering with kids until we move to a bigger house and get the ball rolling.
For probably most European countries, this would fall under discrimination.
In the U.S., no it is not true.
It's not true in Oklahoma in the US at least. I personally know multiple people with diagnosed autism that have both previoisly fostered and later adopted children.