ADOPTEE RESOURCES

The following is a list of resources for adoptees compiled over the years.  It includes information about birth countries, reunions, searches, stories/experiences of other adoptees, and many more bits and pieces.

Note: This webpage is currently being redone.  We have many more resources that will become available.
 

Korean Adoptee Resources

Vietnamese Adoptee Resources

Chinese Adoptee Resources

Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander Resources

• Bringing them Home: Official Govt Report
• European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR)
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Philippine Adoptee Resources

• Philippine Language School in Melb, VIC
• Philippine - Australian Networking
• Filipino Adoptee Network (FAN)
• Filipino Adoptee Network (FAN) on Facebook
• Daniel's Reunion

Indian Adoptee Resources

• Indian Adoptee Artist
• I Was Stolen - Vanessa's Story
• Emotional Journey - Bangalore Adoptees Meet
• Madhu's Story
• Chasna's Story
• Arun's Story: In Search of Mother
• Bittu's Story: An Outsider, Always
• Book: The other face of the Moon - Asha Miro's story
• The Smolin's Indian Adoption Story

Reports on Indian intercountry adoptions

• Article: Report on Illegal Adoptions
• TIMES: Stolen Children
• Dutch-Indian adoption scandal - release of the investigation reports
• The two faces of Intercountry Adoption
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Searching Organisations

• Wereldkinderen: Netherland based organisation that assists Indian adoptees in Searching

Other

• In gritty Karachi, husband wife team saves unwanted babies

Argentinean Adoptee Resources

• Adoptee Sues Adoptive Parents for Kidnapping

Chilean Adoptee Resources

• Louisa's Blog on Search & Reunion
• SENAME: Chilean Adoption Agency useful for Searching

Colombian Adoptee Resources

• Search Organisation: Fundación Para El Reencuentro (Foundation for the Reencounter)
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African Adoptee Resources

• Adopted & Fostered Adults of the African Diaspora (AFAAD)
• Lisa Marie - adoptee and founder of AFAAD
• Chad Goller-Souourner: Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy
• Aaron Stigger: Growing up Black in a White Family
• Book - Hannah Pool's Story: My Father's Daughter (African ICA)
• Africa's Orphans - A Profile or Risks

Thai Adoptee Resources

• Tamara's Reunion with Birth Siblings

Canadian Native American Adoptee Resources

• First Nation Repatriation Program
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Native American Adoptee Resources

• Dario's Thoughts
• Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell their Stories by Rita Simon

Malaysian Adoptee Resources

• Catherine's Search for Birth Mum
• Catherine's Article about her Search

Numerous Countries

• International & Transracial Adoptees
• Videos of Numerous Intercountry Adoptees and Professionals

Australian Post Adoption Support Resources

• NSW: Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC)
• VIC: Vanish, DHS Adoption & Information Services, Post Placement Support Service (PPSS)
• SA: Relationships Australia, East Meets West
• WA: Adoption Research & Counselling Service (ARCS), Jigsaw
• QLD: Jigsaw, Origins
• TAS: DHHS Adoption Information Service
• NT: DHCS Adoption Unit

Other World-Wide Post Adoption Support Resources

• United Adoptees International (UAI) - run by trans-racial adoptees in Netherlands
• Transnational Adoption Group - UK
• Origins - Canada
• Government Central Authorities for Inter-country adoption by Country: useful contacts for searching
• ISS's International Reference Centre (IRC) for the Rights of Children Deprived of their Family

E-Groups

• Inter-Country Adoptee Support Network (ICASN)
• Australian Aboriginal Adoptees
• Latin American Adoptees
• Adult Adoptees of Southeast Asia (AASEA)
• Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI)
• Vietnamese Adoptee Network (VAN)
• Korean Adoptees Worldwide (K@W)
• Korean Adoptees
• Adoptees Voices: Centre for Social Action (CSA)
• South Asian International Adoptees Talk (SAIA-T)
• InterCountry Adoption Research Group
• International Adopt Talk (IAT)
• Haitian Adoptees
• Adoptees Reunited
• African Adoptees
• Connected Indian Roots
• Filippino Adoptees Network

Birth Mother Experiences

• Australian Birth Mothers Speak : 8th Australian Adoption Conference
• Article: Death by Adoption
• Book: Motherhood Silenced: Natural Mothers Reflect on Adoption Reunions by Ruth Kelly
• ARMS - Mothers Separated from Children by Adoption (SA)
• Raising a Child Alone in Seoul - A birth mother's story
• Article: Birth Mum - A Love that Keeps on Loving
• The White Stolen Generation in Australia
   

Research

Books

• Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection
• When Adoption Goes Wrong - review
• The Girls Who Went Away (read it's Review)
• The Untold Story of Romanian Orphans
• Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell their Stories by Rita Simon
• Adoption in the United States - A reference for families, professionals, and students

Trans-racial Adoptee Written Books

• The Color of Difference - Journeys in Transracial Adoption
• Outsiders Within - Writing on Transracial Adoption (see it's Review)
• Comforting an Orphaned Nation

Searching for Birth Family

• Hollee's 10 Questions to Ask Yourself
• Persons considering Search & Reunion
• Wereldkinderen: Netherland based organisation that assists Indian adoptees in Searching

Other Resources

• Lost Innocents: Righting the Record - Report on Child Migration
• Bastard Nation: Adoptee Rights Organisation
• PACT: An Adoption Alliance
• Holt Adoptee Camps in the USA
• Outside Looking In : Transracial Adoption in America
• The Adoption Show
• The Adoptive Plane - to replace Adoption Triad
• Pound Pup Legacy - for abused, abandoned, neglected, betrayed & trafficked children : adopted / fostered
• Baby Be Mine - Documentary
• Intermix - mixed race site
• Adoption Language and education - in primary school setting