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p class="mol-para-with-font">A selfless single man has recently adopted his sixth child after devoting his life to helping /news/children-in-need/index<br/><br/><p class= /news/children-in-need/index.html .</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Single dad, Ben Carpenter, 37, from Huddersfield, has recently adopted his sixth child after dedicating his life to helping children, having adopted his first child at the age of 21.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Ben became the youngest gay man to adopt when he took on his first child at the young at of 21, and has since adopted another five children with special needs over the years after setting out on a mission to help the most vulnerable of children.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">In April last year, Ben brought home his sixth adopted child, Louis, aged two, after a period of grieving following the tragic death of his fifth child, Teddy.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Jack, now 14-years-old, has autism and was Ben's first child.He also has Ruby, 11, who has complex needs, Lily, nine, who is profoundly deaf, and Joseph, aged six, who has Down's syndrome.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-ff42b947211f3bbc" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="848" width="634" alt="Single dad, Ben Carpenter, 37, from Huddersfield, has recently adopted his sixth child after dedicating his life to helping children after adopting his first child at the age of 21. Pictured left to right: Lily, who is deaf, Joseph, who has Down's Syndrome, Ben, 37, Louis aged two, Jack, 14, who has autism and Ruby, who had complex needs" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-ff42b947211f3bbc" website height="848" width="634" alt="Single dad, Ben Carpenter, 37, from Huddersfield, has recently adopted his sixth child after dedicating his life to helping children after adopting his first child at the age of 21. Pictured left to right: Lily, who is deaf, Joseph, who has Down's Syndrome, Ben, 37, Louis aged two, Jack, 14, who has autism and Ruby, who had complex needs" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Single dad, Ben Carpenter, 37, from Huddersfield, has recently adopted his sixth child after dedicating his life to helping children after adopting his first child at the age of 21.Pictured left to right: Lily, who is deaf, Joseph, who has Down's Syndrome, Ben, 37, Louis aged two, Jack, 14, who has autism and Ruby, who had complex needs</p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-a17ef34600933ef6" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="423" width="634" alt="The family on a day out. Ben, who is single and gay, said he wanted to dedicated his life to help vulnerable children" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-a17ef34600933ef6" website height="423" width="634" alt="The family on a day out. Ben, who is single and gay, said he wanted to dedicated his life to help vulnerable children" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">The family on a day out.Ben, who is single and gay, said he wanted to dedicated his life to help vulnerable children</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">Ben's fifth adoptive child was Teddy, who sadly passed away in November 2019. Although https://essayfreelancewriters.com/topics/biology-thesis-topics/ had a rare genetic disorder called Cornelia de Lange syndrome, he passed away from sepsis and not as a result of his complex needs.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The doting dad then took a break from adoption to allow himself the time to grieve the devastating death of his son before adopting for the sixth time last year.</p><div> <div data-track-module="am-related_carousel^related_carousel" data-track-selector=".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])" data-dm-rotator-rotate="false" data-track-pos="static" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled="" data-dm-rotator-auto-init="" id="p-22" class="related-carousel with-fb-or-tw femail half" data-dm-rotator-active-class="active" data-dm-rotator-page-count="2.0" data-dm-social-article-auto-init="" data-dm-rotator-page-size="1"> <div class="rotator bdrcc"> <div class="rotator-title"> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class="rotator-pages link-xocc"> <li class="rotator-prev"> # </li> <li> # </li> <li> # </li> <li class="rotator-next"> # </li> </ul> </div> <ul class="rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox"> <li> /femail/article-9687551/Shoppers-saying-goodbye-dandruff-itchy-scalps-5-scalp-stimulating-brush.html /femail/article-9686129/The-revealing-secret-diary-Wilf-Johnson-aged-13-1-2-months-Daddy-banned-sofa.html </li> <li> /femail/article-9687837/Scotlands-strongest-woman-tries-break-world-record-watermelons-crushed-thighs.html </li> </ul> </div> <b><u></u></b> <div class="fb"> <b><u></u></b> <h2>Share this article</h2> <div class="share"> <span class="wai">Share</span> </div> </div> </div> </div><p class="mol-para-with-font">In April 2020, Ben brought home his sixth and most recent adopted child, Louis, now two-years-old, who has cerebral palsy and is blind.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Ben, who worked in the care sector before setting out on his adoption journey, says that he always knew he wanted to have a family but not necessarily be a biological dad.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-19e1f42bc5377be5" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="940" width="634" alt="Ben adopted Teddy, a little boy with a rare genetic disorder called Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Sadly, Teddy, pictured, passed away in 2019" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-19e1f42bc5377be5" website height="940" width="634" alt="Ben adopted Teddy, a little boy with a rare genetic disorder called Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Sadly, Teddy, pictured, passed away in 2019" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Ben adopted Teddy, a little boy with a rare genetic disorder called Cornelia de Lange syndrome.Sadly, Teddy, pictured, passed away in 2019 </p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-237ef29d7120d32a" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="423" width="634" alt="Ben pictured with his family and Teddy, centre right, before he passed away in 2019. Ben took a break from adoption to grief" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-237ef29d7120d32a" website height="423" width="634" alt="Ben pictured with his family and Teddy, centre right, before he passed away in 2019. Ben took a break from adoption to grief" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Ben pictured with his family and Teddy, centre right, before he passed away in 2019.Ben took a break from adoption to grief </p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-d67ef0f0ea6e8cdf" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="423" width="634" alt="In April 2020, after grieving Teddy's death, Ben decided to adopt Louis, two, centre right, who lives with Server Brain issues" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-d67ef0f0ea6e8cdf" website height="423" width="634" alt="In April 2020, after grieving Teddy's death, Ben decided to adopt Louis, two, centre right, who lives with Server Brain issues" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">In April 2020, after grieving Teddy's death, Ben decided to adopt Louis, two, centre right, who lives with Server Brain issues  </p></div><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-f013f42ec7bc0689" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="951" width="634" alt="Ben, pictured now started adopting aged 21, and said he felt he wanted to prove he was mature enough to take care of a baby" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-f013f42ec7bc0689" website height="951" width="634" alt="Ben, pictured now started adopting aged 21, and said he felt he wanted to prove he was mature enough to take care of a baby" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Ben, pictured now started adopting aged 21, and said he felt he wanted to prove he was mature enough to take care of a baby</p></div><div class="art-ins mol-factbox femail floatRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-94506fc0-ce7f-11eb-98e1-bb306fa40020" website gay man adopts six vulnerable kids with special needs< proxy></div>