ICAV presents a webinar on Searching on 23 April 2023 from lived experience and those who provide a formal search and support service.
Tag: transracial adoption
Dear Korea, About Mia*
kim thompson shares her letter to Korea about her friend who was adopted and committed suicide in her 30s
Adoptee Grief and Zen Meditation
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
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.
A Privilege, Not a Right
Kamina shares her thoughts on adoption as an adoptee via her poetry.
Your Grief is Your Gift
Through her poetry, Kamina explores adoption, relinquishment and her lifelong journey of discovery.
Being Adopted
Marcella shares on how being adopted has impacted her being.
Navigating Disability and Rare Medical Conditions as an Intercountry Adoptee
What complex issues do intercountry adoptees living with disability and or a rare disease navigate? We have created a resource to help educate on this topic.
Suicide Amongst Adoptees
Hilbrand shares about the trauma in relinquishment and adoption and the connection with suicide amongst adoptees.
Adoptee Artists
Art is an incredibly powerful tool to convey the complexities of lived experience in adoption. Here is a compilation of the artwork presented at ICAV.
Meg at K-Box Adoptee Takeover Night
Meg O'Shea presents her comic about returning and searching in Korea at our 9 Sept 2022 K-Box Adoptee Takeover Night in Melbourne, Australia.
Ryan at K-Box Adoptee Takeover Night
K-Box Take Over Night at the Malthouse Theatre, 9 Sept 2022 highlighting adoptee artist Ryan Gustafsson, Korean adoptee and academic.
Adoptee Review of Ra Chapman’s K-Box Play
by Kayla Curtis, Korean adoptee raised in Australia, social worker and counsellor specialising in adoption. I want to share some reflections from going along to the K-Box Adoptee Takeover Night at the Malthouse and seeing Ra Chapman's K-Box play in Melbourne, Australia on 9 September. Personally, I am feeling an excitement from seeing K-Box because …
Identifying with our Genetic Mirrors
Ben shares on the importance of genetic mirrors as an intercountry adoptee and coming to terms with being adopted in our video series to educate about adoption.
Finding Peace after Adoption
Jonas shares on the complexities of being an intercountry adoptee, ending up on the streets at age 13 and getting his life back as an adult to find his peace.
Search and Reunion in Intercountry Adoption
Lynelle provides a summary of ICAVs 2016 Perspective Paper: Search & Reunion - Impacts & Outcomes
Abby Forero-Hilty at the Hague Special Commission
Abby Forero-Hilty's speech for the Hague Special Commission, Post Adoption Matters introduction panel.
Two Reasons to Stay in Bloom
Roxas-Chua shares their artwork and writings to help us understand the complexities of being adopted, the ongoing journey to come to terms with who we are
What’s In a Name?
Stephanie shares on what her names mean and how she's integrated them into her sense of identity.
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.
Adoption Can Be a Psychological Prison
Desiree shares about the complexities of breaking away from toxic ties if an adoption hasn't served our best interests.
If the Moon Could Be My Birthmother Now
Roxas-Chua shares their artwork and thoughts when contemplating their birthmother, giving tenderness to self and coming to terms with being an adopted person.
Gabbie Beckley on Racism
Gabbie Beckley shares her experience of racism in being born in Sri Lanka and adopted to Australia. This is ICAVs newest Series on Lived Experience of Racism.
India Abandoned Me
Kris shares as an Indian adoptee after listening to a podcast on why India's orphans are abandoned twice -- but for international adoptees, its three times.