If Sherin still had biological parents who laid any claim to her she could not have been adopted. The US government is very clear and strict and will not allow an adoption of a child who is not abandoned/orphaned. It is not uncommon for children with handicapping conditions to be abandoned because of the cost of caring for the child in the biological family. Or, for a child to be developmentally behind based on an inability to feed and take care of the child which can cause the delays. We may never know why she was abandoned-- delay or inability to provide care.
It is very hard to be developmentally on target while living in an orphanage. Children who are on target are the hardiest and healthiest and can thrive with less interaction--which may or may not be a good thing b/c some of these survivors may be children who turn out to have attachment issues as well. All of this is so sad.
"Sherin Mathews, the 3-year-old girl whose body was believed to be found Sunday after she disappeared when her father left her in a Texas alleyway two weeks ago, was reportedly adopted from India after she was also abandoned by her biological family."
"The couple adopted Mathews two years ago from an orphanage in India, the Times of India reported. Bihar's State Adoption Resource Agency officials confirmed to the news site the couple had adopted her. The girl, who was known as Saraswati before her adoption, was placed in an orphanage when she was 1 after she was abandoned by her biological family."
"During her initial days, Saraswati used to remain quiet but gradually she opened up at the center," said Babiti Kumari, the former secretary of the Mother Teresa adoption center that closed in September.
"When Wesley Mathews and his wife adopted Mathews, she was malnourished and physically underdeveloped. She also did not have the language skills of a typical 3-year-old child, the Dallas News reported."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/2...y-abandonment-that-may-have-led-to-death.html
