Emma

Meet our friend Emma – a teenage girl looking for her forever home. Emma enjoys Disney movies and princesses, coloring, listening to music, and all things girly. Like most teenagers, Emma is not fond of most fruits and vegetables, but she is working to expand her palate. Our friend Emma is super spunky and full of life, but she has some significant health conditions. Emma has spina bifida – a birth defect that occurs when the spine and the spinal cord do not develop completely – and other medical conditions that make her life more complicated than others. She is non-ambulatory and has a manual wheelchair that she can get herself into and out of. Emma also has some developmental delays and functions at an age level below her actual age. But Emma has an amazing team and treatment plan in place to help her grow, develop, and learn how to navigate the world around her, and these services will follow Emma after adoption as well. Emma would do best in a two-parent household that has a lot of structure, love, and patience. Her perfect family will need to be able to devote extra time to Emma to make sure she continues to thrive, but being on Team Emma is more than worth it!

Age: 15