ICAV presents at the UN first year anniversary of the Joint Statement on Illegal Intercountry Adoptions, where to from here.
Tag: trauma and loss in adoption
Pride in my Disability
Maddy shares her pride in living with disability as an intercountry adoptee.
Reunion and Beyond Webinar
ICAV shares part 2 of the Search and Reunion webinars in intercountry adoption by adoptee panelists.
Call me by my Name
Ae Ra shares about the process of embracing of her birth name at an adoption retreat.
Reunification with my Colombian Family
A Colombian Australian intercountry adoptee shares their story of reunification with biological family.
A different type of Reunion
Damian shares about a different type of reunion, not with biological family but with an adopted sibling who got returned to the State in Australia.
Searching for my family in Sri Lanka
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
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
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
Samara shares about searching for Korean family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.
My feelings regarding my first mom
Maria shares on how to practically access her younger years emotions about her Chilean mother, an exercise that she was never encouraged to do while young.
Let’s talk about Illegal and Illicit Intercountry Adoptions
Lynelle starts the conversation on illegal and illicit adoptions that adoptive parents must have with their adopted children, highlighting the lack of supports.
Dear Mum and Dad
Jen writes to her original parents expressing the sorrow and grief of never meeting them and her life being adopted to Australia as a First Nations Canadian.
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.
New Goals as an Adoptee in a New City
Desiree shares the complexities of life as an adoptee, the challenges of finding and establishing ones roots, reinventing oneself, finding a place to just be.
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.
Sensitively Responding to Fears of Abandonment
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.
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.
Vietnamese adopted brother and sister find each other through DNA
An unexpected DNA match between brother and sister, both separately adopted out of Vietnam to different countries, provides a unique story as intercountry adoptees.
How to Truly Save and Help a Child
Jessica shares the realities of intercountry adoption and what people can do to help a vulnerable child in need, challenging the usual narrative of adoption.
Being Adopted
Marcella shares on how being adopted has impacted her being.
Adopted for 32 years and now FREE!
Lynelle shares about adoption discharge and fighting for legal justice for the sexual abuse experienced within her adoption and the critical issues this raises.