Oleg shares the journey from being ashamed of needing therapy to fully embracing and recognising the benefits it added to his life as an intercountry adoptee.
Category: Sense of Belonging
Where do I belong?
As a cross cultural adoptee, Charisse shares the complexities of being adopted from the Anglo-Saxon culture to a Latin American culture.
Adoptee Fear and Vulnerability
Oleg shares on the fear and vulnerability so many adoptees live and being brave to open up and trust his adoptive mother to understand and support his journey.
Search and Reunion in Intercountry Adoption
Lynelle provides a summary of ICAVs 2016 Perspective Paper: Search & Reunion - Impacts & Outcomes
The Trauma Inherent in Relinquishment and Adoption
Lynelle's recent Podcast interview with Doc Shauna Springer on the trauma inherent in adoption.
Lived Experience of Racism in Transracial Intercountry Adoption
ICAVs panel webinar on the Lived Experience of Racism in Transracial Intercountry Adoption.
Adoptee Birthdays
Maars shares the complex feelings that arise on her birthday as a transracial intercountry adoptee.
Gabby Malpas on Racism
Gabby shares with adoptive parents about racism as part of ICAVs submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission's National Anti-Racism Framework consult.
Racism in Intercountry Adoption
ICAV brings you our newest Perspective Paper on Racism, our lived experience as intercountry and transracial adoptees.
Participating in The Colour of Difference: Long Term Outcomes
Lynelle shares how participating in PARCs book project to produce The Colour of Difference changed her life and began the adoptee network InterCountry Adoptee Voices.
Voices Against Illegal Adoptions Speak at the United Nations
Lynelle represents Voices Against Illegal Adoption (VAIA) to the United Nations Committees who drafted a joint statement about illegal intercountry adoptions.
What Would My Utopia in Intercountry Adoption Be?
Lynelle shares at the CHIP webinar Feb 2022 on what her utopia of intercountry adoption would be, if anything were possible, listing the changes necessary.
What’s the Future of Intercountry Adoption?
Presentation by Lynelle Long at the CHIP Webinar on 18 Feb 2022 on the topic: Respecting the Child's Right to Identity in Intercountry Adoption
My Adoption Day Is An Anniversary of Loss
Mary shares how Adoption Day anniversary can trigger feelings of grief and loss that pervade her life; coming to terms with it, making the most of life now.
Toxicity and Grief
by Dan R Moen, adopted from the Philippines to the USA. Part three of this series focuses on toxicity and its impact with grief. The black vine-like shapes represent toxicity and how it manifests itself within and around all of us. It’s depicted as an uncontrollable beast and has completely engulfed an individual. It grows …
Relinquishment, Adoption and Grief
Bina shares about the loss that goes unrecognised in adoption during November Adoption Awareness Month and highlights the necessity of support for grieving.
Lifelong Impacts of Identity Loss
Lynelle shares about the impact of identity loss in intercountry adoption, including the views of other adoptees to help build a more in-depth understanding.
We Need To Talk About Adoptee Suicide, Now
Lina shares part 2 of her discussion into adoptee suicide - something we must talk about if we are going to provide a more supportive space.
The Aloneness of Motherloss
Mila Konomos articulates the aloneness of mother loss, the grief and loss an adoptee lives due to being separated at birth.
Peruvian Adoptee Returns to Birth Country
Milagros Forrester shares with ICAV about her return trips to Peru and how it impacted her search for identity and belonging.
Cancelling My Adoption
Netra Sommer is adopted from India to Denmark and endured abuse in her adoption and talks about undoing her adoption and the lengthy process to reclaim herself.
Dear Dad, You are Still Racist
Mae adopted from Haiti shares the complexities of being trafficked and having a racist dad
Who Am I?
Vietnamese adoptee TLB shares about living with disability, being rehomed, and loss.
Questioning
Abby reflects on curiosity, identity, trauma, and the importance of questioning societal norms and systems, while seeking healing and understanding.