InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV)

Etikett: race

Adoption is no Accident

feb 9, 2021

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by Kayla Zheng, adopted from China to the USA.
Would Adoptees Adopt an Orphan?

feb 23, 2018

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lynellelong

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Would Adoptees Adopt or Not? This is a compilation of responses from those with lived experience.
Förväntningar på tacksamhet vid adoption

feb 14, 2018

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lynellelong

i Abuse in Adoption, Adopterad Ilska, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, Adoptive Country, Födelseland, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Gratitude in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Sense of Belonging, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption

Lynelle shares about the burden of being expected to be grateful in being adopted.
Not Good Enough

feb 10, 2018

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jaymekyopo

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I was an artistic child and I spent much of my free time drawing when I was a child. I drew my interpretation of Star Wars. I was not allowed to watch the movie because my religious parents believed it was evil to try and interpret the future. Our hired hand found my drawings in…
Monarchs and Viceroys: Interracial Couple Issues

feb 3, 2018

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Intercountry adoptee explores interracial issues when we partner a person of our same race/ethnicity.
What Intercountry Adoptees Need

jan 27, 2018

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Lynelle shares from dialogue within ICAV what intercountry adoptees need, having lived the experience.
Grader av att vara människohandlad i internationell adoption

jan 20, 2018

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i 1993 Hague Convention, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, adoptionsreform, Adoptive Country, Australien, Födelseland, Compensation to Victims in Adoption, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Illicit Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Importance of Connections to Origins, Indien, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Ursprungssökning, Politics of Adoption, Return to Birth Country, Rights in Adoption, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, What is an Illegal and Illicit Adoption?

Lynelle writes critically about the lack of formal support for adoptees who have been trafficked via intercountry adoption.
Adoptivförälders beslutsfattande vid internationell adoption

jan 17, 2018

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When adoption becomes politicized, there’s a tendency to dehumanize the child. The child is not a political pawn, some poor waif smuggled out of a war-torn country into a loving home. But when media articles portray adoptions this way, the child’s developing identity is impacted by these prejudices.
Gul snö

dec 20, 2017

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I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Minnesota. Minnesota is a state, located in the north central region of the United States and borders Canada. Most people do not know the most northern point of the lower 48 states is located in Minnesota. It should be no surprise to learn Minnesota ranks in…
Korean Killdeers

dec 11, 2017

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I was reared on a small dairy farm that rested on the edge of the Red River Valley on the Minnesota side. I grew up in a rural farming community that was filled with a lush green forest of corn, amber waves of grain and intermittent dots of farm homesteads covered with thick deciduous trees.…
LIONHEART Review

nov 30, 2017

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lynellelong

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Lynelle provides a recommendation and review of the book Lionheart – a terrific resource for any parent considering intercountry adoption written by adoptive parents.
Reconstructing Identity and Heritage

nov 27, 2017

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Desiree Maru

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Desiree shares her thoughts on being an orphan and finding her identity.
Birth Country Cultural Immersion for Intercountry Adoptees

nov 23, 2017

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Sunny explores a research paper on cultural immersion for intercountry adoptees.
Gabby mentorer unga kinesiska adopterade via Art

nov 13, 2017

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Gabby Malpas shares her talent by mentoring younger Chinese adoptees through her artwork.
Ingen mor, inget barn

okt 9, 2017

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Yennifer Villa is a Colombian adoptee who has undertaken a project to photograph and capture the experiences of the mothers of loss in Colombia.
The Power of Peer Support

sep 27, 2017

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i Adoptee support provided by adoptees, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, Adoptive Country, Födelseland, Complexities in Adoption, Diversity in Adoption, ICAV Beginnings, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Ursprungssökning, Politics of Adoption, Racial Mirrors, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption

Lynelle writes critically about the power of peer support in intercountry adoption.
Search and Reunion for Intercountry Adoptees

jul 9, 2016

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Search and Reunion in intercountry adoption: a compliation of over 40 intercountry adoptees with lived experience.
Hur reser adopterade över tiden?

sep 16, 2015

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Filippino adoptee Richard shares about relocating to his homeland to live.
Complexities of Intercountry Adoption

aug 16, 2015

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i Abandonment and Rejection, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, Australien, Complexities in Adoption, ICAV Beginnings, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Ursprungssökning, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, Vietnam

Lynelle shares on intercountry adoption, together with her own experience and hearing from many fellow adoptees on a range of questions asked by a journalist.
In Who’s Interest are Australia’s Adoption Reforms for?

maj 8, 2015

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Lynelle writes critically about the Australian reforms in intercountry adoption.
Intercountry Adopted into Same Race Family

mar 12, 2015

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i Adoptees Educate, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Politics of Adoption, Same Race Intercountry Adoption, Unique adoptions

Prema shares her story of same race intercountry adoption, the complexities of adoption. Adopted from India to the USA.
Online Panel: InterCountry Adoptee Experiences

feb 22, 2015

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Online series of panel discussions with intercountry adoptees on various topics.
Adopterad Ilska

feb 10, 2015

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i Adopterad Ilska, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, Australien, Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, Vietnam

Lynelle shares about adoptee anger, how it connects to abandonment feelings, grief, loss and sadness; the best response is to listen and validate our feelings
What is it like to be Adopted?

jan 17, 2015

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lynellelong

i Abandonment and Rejection, Abuse in Adoption, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, Australien, Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Ursprungssökning, Suicide, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, Vietnam

Lynelle answers the question What is it like to be adopted? providing insight from her own journey, sharing some common elements many other adoptees speak of.

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