SixBlindKids in the News – UK DAILY MAIL

Kind-hearted couple have adopted six BLIND children from around the world

From the UK Daily Mail 

A selfless couple have adopted six blind children from around the world.  Joe and Karen Bartling, both 60, of Oakton, Virginia, dreamed of having a large family but struggled to conceive naturally after having their biological son Joel, 30.  Keen to help, they decided to adopt two-year-old Hannah, who was born with no eyes due to a developmental disorder. She moved to the US to be with them in 1997.

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