As far as I know, the only one of it’s kind: a book of narratives entirely about birth searches (not all kad). Many intercountry adoptees share in this paper how useful it would have been if they had been able to seek input and guidance from those who have travelled this path before. My hope is this paper will help to alleviate this need. Search and Reunion for InterCountry Adoptees
The sentiment in the title seems so obvious, yet this insightful reflection on intercountry adoption policy in Australia tells a familiar, sad story told around the world: millions spent and lots of focus on new adoptions, nothing spent on existing adoptees. Overall by 2019, the Australian government will have spent $33.6m yet to date, not one cent has been spent on providing services for existing adult intercountry adoptees who’s numbers are far greater than the […]
Having “the conversation” with your adoptive parents that you are interested in your adoption history and possibly birth family can be a extremely anxious moment that is difficult to express. It is on the same spectrum of coming out as lgbtq to one’s family, and i have heard of families reacting just as badly to adoptees as others have to gay children. (Not trying to compare the two, just giving context.) I had a very […]
Powerful insights from @LightOfDayStory – an adoptive mother is suddenly exposed first-hand to the raw emotions of the birth mother perspective. This may be the best writing by an adoptive parent that I have ever read. https://catapult.co/stories/when-my-adopted-daughter-got-pregnant#
[Adam’s] life story highlights the failings of an adoption system that put him in the homes of one set of parents who abandoned him and another that physically abused him and other adopted children… 41-year-old Crapser arrived in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday morning aboard a commercial airline flight escorted by ICE deportation officers. A sad, horrible moment that creates an permanent, ugly mark in the history of international adoption. More here. Meanwhile, Holt International commenced […]
excited to hear about performance art coming in fall 2017 from kad Deb Sivigny, as told on The Rambler. Sounds fascinating, the idea is to take the audience through the experience of an adoptee’s perspective first hand. How do we get this produced in NY after the DC run? http://therambleradhd.podbean.com/e/episode-41-deb-sivigny/ As a side note, really liked Mike’s description of adoptee commonality while interviewing Sophie Samperil: We have all had, separately, a shared experience. Realizing this […]
Is there bigger news this year for KADs then Adam Crapser being deported, punished because his parents failed to get him naturalized? Yes, he had some run-ins with the law in the past, but he served his time – and most fundamentally, he would not be deported if his parents (2 sets of them!) had not failed in their parental responsibility to naturalize their adopted son. On Monday, October 24, 2016, Immigration Judge John C. […]
This was posted on facebook, and the author allowed me to share it here. It is such a poignant distillation of some of the complex emotions about our families and mothers that many adoptees carry. “I reunited with my birth mother in 1997 but have not seen her since. This morning my Korean half brother messaged me and told me that she saw the kids’ pictures on FB. He also told me she had surgery […]
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