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On an unusually cold day in Hong Kong, China my husband and I walked into an orphanage to meet...as well–special needs family. At the time of adoption, our son had been diagnosed in Hong Kong with severe...always knew that we would grow our family through adoption instead of the...

...Nakamoto began the China adoption process...began the China adoption process in 2005....While most U.S. adoption agencies have...applications for China's traditional...special needs adoption by assessing...on a flight to China to bring Tessa...waiting list for China's traditional...China's traditional adoption program for over...year, considered adopting a child with...

...Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium with the cauldrons extinguished and the Agitos flag lowered. The final medal table took until Sunday afternoon to settle. China led all nations with 14 golds. The United States finished second with 13, including the hockey championship won 6-2 over Canada in the last event of...

...preliminary games. The U.S. outscored opponents 34-2 in the round-robin stage and beat Czechia 6-0 in the semifinals. Canada reached the final by defeating China in their semifinal. Their roster includes veterans Greg...

...slalom race ever. She didn't medal. Anna-Lena Forster of Germany won in 2:30.64. Muraoka Momoka of Japan took silver at 2:31.92, and Liu Sitong of China claimed bronze at 2:34.79. The win was unexpected for Forster, who doesn't typically dominate in giant slalom. Stephens finished further back. The specifics...

...Peterson and Jake Adicoff each a second gold at these Games, and put Kendall Gretsch on the podium in the same race her teammate won. In Pinerolo, China won the first wheelchair curling mixed doubles gold in Paralympic history, and Latvia denied the United States a bronze on the hammer in extra ends....

...sitting 10km at the same venue. He did not finish on the podium. Three U.S. Golds at Tesero. Masters crossed first over South Korea's Yunji Kim and China's Shiyu Wang, her second gold at Tesero in back-to-back days following Tuesday's sprint. Sydney Peterson won the women's standing 10km for her second...

...final with a 3-second lead over South Korea's Yunji Kim, who was second, and China's Shiyu Wang, who was third. It is her fourth Para cross-country gold at...to Milan specifically to fix that. He and Wolter won in Tesero ahead of China's Shuang Yu and Sweden's Zebastian Modin. The full account is in Tuesday's...

...translates directly to wheelchairs, walkers, adaptive equipment, AAC devices, and specialty medications. Most durable medical equipment is manufactured in China and Southeast Asia. AAC hardware comes from abroad. Specialty medications for rare diseases often depend on foreign active pharmaceutical ingredients....

...Paralympic protocol orders most nations alphabetically in the host country's language, with Italy entering last. The host of the previous Winter Games, China, enters toward the end of the traditional nations block. Team USA's flag bearer will have been announced before March 6. Check the IPC's official site...

...Rio Paralympics were "uniquely Brazilian and wondrous". Britain finished the Games with 147 medals, 64 of which were gold. They were second behind China, who claimed 107 golds and 239 in total. Craven thanked organisers, athletes and spectators after passing the Paralympic flag to the governor of Tokyo,...

...important element of Special Olympics World Games since 1995, and the experience has left a lasting impression on the local communities in Ireland, Japan, China, Greece, South Korea and the United States, all of which have previously organized Host Town programs as part of the Special Olympics World Games.”...