ABSTRACT
The Prize: Disability, Parenthood, and Adoption details the concerns and experiences of the author and her husband, an interracial couple with disabilities, during the process that culminated in the adoption of their daughter. The author discusses the reactions of others–relatives, social workers, doctors, lawyers, friends, and her husband–to her desire to have a child, and reveals her own considerations and fears. She also documents the couple’s experiences, good and bad, with fertility doctors, support groups, adoption agencies, and private adoption lawyers. The article should be of special interest to those involved or interested in the adoption process, particularly as it applies to disabled and/or interracial couples.
