Aselefech shares her thoughts on the upcoming Ethiopian Adoptee Anthology that she has co-administered, coming soon but first, here is the cover of the book.
Tag: lived experience of adoption
Grieving for the Child of the Past
Dan R Moen, Filipino adoptee and talented artist shares a 3 part series of paintings depicting the internal struggles an intercountry adoptee traverses.
Educational Resource for Professionals
Launch Day I am proud to launch our new adoptee led educational video resource for professionals designed to help doctors, teachers, and mental health professionals better understand our lived experience as intercountry adoptees. This project has been a huge effort over the past 6 months in Australia to gather adult intercountry adoptee voices and share …
Adopted to Spain
Andrea Pelaez Castro shares about being adopted to Spain from Colombia.
We are more than Numbers!
Brenna talks about Korean adoption statistics and how adoptees are more than these numbers.
Reflective Memories: Finding My Vietnamese Mother
by Denise Sandquist adopted from Vietnam to Sweden. At this time of the year, it's time for reflection! I want to share my story of how I found my mother and why this time of year is so special. Almost exactly 4 years ago, I found my biological mother in Vietnam! I was adopted from …
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US Adoptee Town Hall Event Thoughts
Kara Bos shares about the US Dept of State Town Hall event.
French-Indonesian
Artwork by Indonesian adoptee Marie-Atina.
Lived Experience Suggestions for Responses to Illicit Adoptions
ICAVs newest Perspective Paper: How Authorities and Bodies could Respond to Illicit Adoptions
My Asian American Adoptee Experience
Ming Foxweldon shares for #AAPIHM what it's like to be Asian American.
What is in our “Best Interests” as Intercountry Adopted People?
I find it interesting to ponder why the concept Best Interests of the Child in intercountry adoption is discussed and decisions made without substantial research on the long term outcomes in intercountry adoption. When I say long term, I mean decades to show how intercountry adoption impacts us through the various stages of life. Most …
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Why I’m Not Going Back: One Intercountry Adoptee’s Perspective
Intercountry adoptee shares about racism and xenophobia.
New Connections
At this current moment I'm flying thousands of kilometres through the air to reach my destination - The Hague, Netherlands. It's going to take me 24 hours and you all know what that's like - cramped in a stuffy space with people coughing, kids crying, airplane food, almost-can't-turn-around-in spaces they call "toilets" and trying to …
What I Love about Adoptees
ICAV Founder shares on what motivates her to keep going at ICAV.
Mental Health and Adoption
Lynelle writes critically about the lack of understanding and support for intercountry adoptees who live with mental illness.
The Power of Peer Support
Lynelle writes critically about the power of peer support in intercountry adoption.
Vulnerable children are not blank slates
Lynelle critically examines the gains from including adult intercountry adoptees in policy discussions and shares Joey's story, a male Chinese adoptee.
What is it like to be Adopted?
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.