Pride in my Disability

On August 22, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoption and Disability, Diversity in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Maddy shares her pride in living with disability as an intercountry adoptee.

Reunion and Beyond Webinar

On August 14, 2023January 9, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee support provided by adoptees, Diversity in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

ICAV shares part 2 of the Search and Reunion webinars in intercountry adoption by adoptee panelists.

Call me by my Name

On August 3, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee Names, Belgium, Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, South Korea, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Ae Ra shares about the process of embracing of her birth name at an adoption retreat.

Adoptee presentation to New Zealand

On July 26, 2023January 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Activism, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Professionals, Diversity in Adoption, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, New Zealand, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

ICAV Panelists share their thoughts on a range of issues to the New Zealand Oranga Tamariki teams in adoption.

Searching for my family in Russia

On June 29, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Canada, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Russia, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in Adoption2 Comments

Raya shares about searching for Russian family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in Sri Lanka

On June 24, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Australia, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Gabbie shares about searching for Sri Lankan family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in the Philippines

On June 19, 2023January 21, 2024 By Desiree MaruIn Adoptees Educate, Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Philippines, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Desiree shares about searching for Filippino family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in Romania

On June 14, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Germany, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Romania, Search and Reunion in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Sonia shares about searching for Romanian family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in South Korea

On June 9, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Australia, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in Adoption, South KoreaLeave a comment

Samara shares about searching for Korean family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching for my family in China

On May 30, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Canada, China, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in AdoptionLeave a comment

The following blog series will be dedicated to our Searching in Intercountry Adoption series. These individual stories are being shared from our Perspective Paper that was also shared with our Webinar, Searching in Intercountry Adoption by Adoptee Experts. by Shelley Rottenberg, born in China, raised in Canada, http://www.shelleyrottenberg.ca I was adopted from Zhejiang, China to …

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Searching for my family in Colombia

On May 25, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Colombia, Impacts to Biological Families, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Jose shares about searching for Colombian family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.

Searching in Intercountry Adoption by Adoptee Experts Webinar

On May 20, 2023January 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Search Service Orgs, Adoptee support provided by adoptees, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Professionals, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Diversity in Adoption, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Haiti, Impacts to Biological Families, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in Adoption, South Korea, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Trauma in Adoption, USA1 Comment

ICAVs newest webinar and perspective paper on searching in intercountry adoption bringing you experiences of intercountry adoptees from around the world.

AntiRacism Online Workshops for Transracial Adoptive Parents

On April 7, 2023January 10, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptees Educate, Antiracism Education, Australia, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Racism in Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

ICAV and HUE provide an online workshop for adoptees and families to explore race, racism, how to be an antiracism ally as some of our core issues in adoption.

Adoptee Grief and Zen Meditation

On March 9, 2023January 21, 2024 By Desiree MaruIn Grief and Loss, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Philippines, Therapy, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Desiree shares her journey of acknowledging and embracing feelings of grief and loss that arise during Zen meditation. We all try to find paths towards healing.

UK Intercountry Adoptees Webinar

On February 23, 2023January 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptees Educate, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, Brazil, China, Diversity in Adoption, Ecuador, Grief and Loss, Hong Kong, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Return to Birth Country, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Sri Lanka, UKLeave a comment

ICAV UK shares a panel of intercountry adoptee answers to questions asked by UK adoptive parents from AdoptionUK via a webinar run on 30 Jan 2023.

Sensitively Responding to Fears of Abandonment

On February 14, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Abandonment and Rejection, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, China, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Religion and Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Lyla shares an awesome way her adoptive parents assisted her with abandonment fears - a rational fear all adoptees have borne out of losing their first family.

Vietnamese adopted brother and sister find each other through DNA

On February 3, 2023January 21, 2024 By lynellelongIn Belgium, DNA Searching, France, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, VietnamLeave a comment

An unexpected DNA match between brother and sister, both separately adopted out of Vietnam to different countries, provides a unique story as intercountry adoptees.

Being Adopted

On January 12, 2023January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, Colombia, Complexities in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Rights in Adoption, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Marcella shares on how being adopted has impacted her being.

Adopted for 32 years and now FREE!

On December 29, 2022June 3, 2024 By lynellelongIn Abuse in Adoption, Adoptee Activism, Adoptee Names, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Discharge Annulment, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, adoption reform, Australia, Illegal Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Origins Search, Rights in Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, Vietnam2 Comments

Lynelle shares about adoption discharge and fighting for legal justice for the sexual abuse experienced within her adoption and the critical issues this raises.

Restoring my Korean Citizenship

On December 7, 2022January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn adoption reform, Citizenship in Adoption, Complexities in Adoption, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Return to Birth Country, Rights in Adoption, South Korea, The Netherlands, Transracial Adoption4 Comments

Stephanie shares about the process of restoring her Korean Citizenship which was severed via intercountry adoption to the Netherlands.

Grief in Adoption

On November 30, 2022January 21, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptees Educate, China, Complexities in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Return to Birth Country, Search and Reunion in Adoption, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Cosette shares deep feelings of grief during her life, coming to terms with all she's lost and might never know. Being adopted means living deep grief.