Monday's Child: Aaliyah loves to dance, 'Sesame Street'

Aaliyah, 6, enjoys watching "Sesame Street."

Aaliyah is an engaging young girl of Caucasian and Guyanese descent. Aaliyah loves music and dancing. She will often mimic dance moves she sees in different videos. Aaliyah also likes playing outside and watching "Sesame Street." She particularly loves Elmo.

Aaliyah is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and has global developmental delays. She is able to follow verbal and visual commands, and she can also problem-solve very well. Aaliyah’s teachers report she does well during the school day and her ability to communicate through picture books has greatly increased.

Aaliyah is legally free for adoption, and because she requires a great deal of attention and care, a two-parent, childless couple would be her ideal placement. Her family should also be calm, highly structured and familiar with autism.

Interested families will need to commit to spending a significant amount of time getting to know Aaliyah in person before she is able to transition into their home. Therefore, her social worker is exploring families who reside in Massachusetts or within close driving distance to our state.

Who Can Adopt?

Can you provide the guidance, love and stability that a child needs? If you’re at least 18 years old, have a stable source of income, and room in your heart, you may be a perfect match to adopt a waiting child. Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ singles and couples.

The process to adopt a child from foster care requires training, interviews, and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you, and if so, to help connect you with a child or sibling group that your family will be a good match.

To learn more about adoption from foster care, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) at (617) 964-6273 or visit mareinc.org.

The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have a permanent place to call home.

This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Monday's Child: Aaliyah loves to dance, 'Sesame Street'

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