People Are Livid At The YouTuber Who Secretly ‘Rehomed’ Her Adopted Son With Autism

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Myka Stauffer is a YouTuber from Ohio, who gained a significant following from vlogging her son Huxley’s adoption journey.

In July of 2016, on her personal channel that now has over 700,000 subscribers, Myka and her husband James announced that they would be starting the process to adopt a “a little boy from China”.

With their hearts set on getting a “youngster [who’s] two or younger”, the Stauffer family settled with China after they realised they couldn’t easily adopt a young baby in the United States. In the same video, Myka also stated that that the couple were interested in potentially adopting a second time from either “Ethiopia or Uganda”.

This announcement was the start of Myka Stauffer’s 27-video ‘Adoption Journey’ series, which covered topics like adoption Q&As, updates on the process, a ‘photo reveal’ of their son and even a vlog from the day they brought Huxley home (which happens to be her most-viewed video).

These monetised videos amassed the Stauffer’s over 8.5 million views in less than four years. In one now-unlisted video titled ‘Huxley’s Emotional First Year Home Post China Adoption’, Myka opens the video with a message to her son.

“Dear Huxley, welcome to your forever family,” Myka narrates. “A family that will never give up on you.”

Sadly, two days ago Myka uploaded another announcement on her channel titled ‘an update on our family’. After her followers noticed that Huxley wasn’t appearing in photos or videos anymore, the Stauffer’s finally shared that the family decided to “rehome” their son.