CHAPEL HILL – Children adopted from overseas have disability rates similar to those adopted from within the United States, according to new research from UNC.
Results of the first national study of disabilities among internationally adopted children appear in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics. The study’s authors are Philip N. Cohen, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the Carolina Population Center, and Rose M. Kreider, Ph.D. of the U.S. Census Bureau. Story continues here ➤
chapelhillnews.com | Study examines overseas adoptions
November 9, 2009
