YouTuber Myka Stauffer Known as Son ‘Not Returnable’ Earlier than Adoption

• YouTuber Myka Stauffer re-homed her adopted son in 2020, claiming she and her husband had been unable to look after his particular wants
• Within the docuseries An Replace on Our Household, Vox Media Studios included clips from Myka’s outdated vlogs main as much as her household’s journey to China to choose up the 2½-year-old, whom they known as Huxley
• Myka confirmed the boy’s images in her pre-adoption movies and explicitly said that he was “not returnable”

Myka Stauffer spoke confidently about her adoption course of effectively earlier than its sudden ending.

Vox Media Studios revisited the viral scandal within the new docuseries An Replace on Our Household, which explores the household vlogging trade and the way Myka and James Stauffer fell from grace in 2020 after they re-homed their adopted son, whom the couple known as Huxley. (Huxley has since been renamed by his new household.)

The Stauffers adopted Huxley, who was later recognized with autism, from China when he was 2½ and sought adoption dissolution two years later, claiming they had been unaware of the extent of his disabilities. Their resolution was met with widespread, excessive backlash that ultimately drove the Ohio-based household offline.

The Stauffers, in addition to Huxley’s new household, haven’t responded to PEOPLE’s requests for remark.

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The three-part sequence — which was impressed by New York Journal‘s 2020 characteristic on the household — consists of clips from Myka’s since-deleted YouTube movies main as much as their journey to choose up Huxley in Asia. In a number of snippets, the previous nurse claimed she was geared up and keen to learn to guardian a baby with particular wants.

“We began speaking to physicians, we began having conferences, we began doing tons of various issues in order that we could possibly be very well educated on totally different circumstances,” Myka informed the digital camera in considered one of a number of movies discussing the adoption course of.

“Let’s simply say there’s 100 circumstances,” she continued. “Me and my husband had been comfy with 99 of the circumstances. So we had been very, very open.”

The YouTuber additionally recorded herself sharing how Huxley’s photograph stood out to her amongst tons of of different potential adoptee profiles.

“I’ve in all probability seen over 400 youngsters’ profiles. Not their information, not the critiques, not the referral. Simply their little profiles on this website,” she stated in a video. “His image spoke to me a lot. Like, it provides me chills simply occupied with his little image.”

Along with displaying Huxley’s photograph on-line earlier than the adoption was finalized, Myka additionally informed her subscribers concerning the kid’s incapacity, divulging what info she had.

“I don’t know what his medical analysis is gonna seem like. How a lot education will he want? Will he want a bit bit extra fingers on? Will he be delayed?” she stated in 2017, including, “But when something, my little one isn’t returnable.”

The mother of three maintained that she and James had been able to cater to his disabilities: “The one want that our little boy has is a pleasant household that actually, actually cares about him,” she informed the digital camera in a single vlog put up.

After the Stauffers revealed their resolution to hunt out adoption dissolution, their attorneys spoke to PEOPLE on the time about their final hope to “present Huxley with the absolute best therapy and care.”

“We’re aware about this case and given the information at hand, we really feel this was one of the best resolution for Huxley,” Myka and James’ attorneys, Thomas Taneff and Taylor Sayers, informed PEOPLE in an unique assertion issued in Could 2020. “In coming to know our purchasers we all know they’re a loving household and are very caring dad and mom that will do something for his or her kids.”

“Since his adoption, they consulted with a number of professionals within the healthcare and academic arenas so as to present Huxley with the absolute best therapy and care,” Taneff and Sayers continued. “Over time, the staff of medical professionals suggested our purchasers it may be greatest for Huxley to be positioned with one other household.”

The vloggers’ authorized staff famous that the Stauffers adopted the recommendation of medical professionals, which, the attorneys clarified, “did NOT embrace any issues for placement within the foster system, however relatively to hand-select a household who is provided to deal with Huxley’s wants.”

For the reason that adoption dissolution and ensuing backlash, Myka’s private YouTube channel and the household’s channel titled “The Stauffer Life” have each been deleted. James’ “Stauffer Storage” channel stays on-line, although he solely shares content material referring to automobile flipping, detailing and cleansing, per the web page’s bio.