I am legally blind and a licensed foster parent. I had to jump through a few extra hoops to get licensed. I had to provide documentation from my specialists regarding how my visual impairment wouldn't impede my ability to parent. We also had to come up with a plan for transportation should my wife not be available to drive the foster to his/her appointments. If you are single and in an area with fewer options for public transport, then it will be hard for you to foster parent. You have to take them to medical appointments, court, and family visits frequently. I know we wouldn't be able to do it if my wife didn't drive.

Get ready for some ignorance; im sure there are agencies that will have bias against you due to your vision loss and that you are relatively young, not that this is news to anyone. Im glad people want to adopt or be foster parents. Yall are good people

My Braille instructor at WMU is, NLP, blind and has been a foster and is now an adoptive parent, in Michigan so it is ve9ry possibl.

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-73971_7117---,00.html

Foster Care in MI

First steps:

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-8319_8993-17585--,00.html


I hope this is of use to you and best of luck.

r/Fosterparents r/fosterit r/Adoption r/AdoptiveParents

I am not a foster parent but I am subbed to these communities that I think you would probably benefit from. It is definitely possible, people with disabilities can be a foster parent and from what I can see are sometimes viewed as a better choice for children with the same disability.