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 always being updated with new resources.
 

Chinese Adoptee Resources

Indian Adoptee Resources

Korean Adoptee Resources

Vietnamese Adoptee Resources

Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander Resources

• The Stolen Generation
• European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR)
• Henry and Bee - ABC Film about Aboriginal adoptee who finds her father

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
• Growing up in an alien environment (Lemn Sissay - Ethiopian adoptee) and his new book Listener
• UAI letter to UK & USA Embassay Malawi re Madonna adoption
• USA: Ethiopia Adoption Alert

• Madonna, Mercy, and Malawi: her fight to adopt a second African child

• Madonna's adoption of Mercy - full 25 page judgement

• Ethica's Statement in response to Madonna's adoption

• Wealthy Australian couple fight for custody of African girl

• Two Dutch adoption agencies stop adoptions from Ethiopia

• Foreign Correspondent: Fly Away Children

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Argentinean Adoptee Resources

• Adoptee Sues Adoptive Parents for Kidnapping

Cambodian Adoptee Resources

• Film: Belonging about Li-Da Kruger, Cambodian adoptee raised in UK
• Cambodian National Assembly passes legislation regulating adoption

Canadian Native American Adoptee Resources

• First Nation Repatriation Program
• Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's Navtive Indian Genocide
• Canada's Native Adoptees: Stolen Nation

Chilean Adoptee Resources

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

Colombian Adoptee Resources

• Facebook Group for Colombian Adoptees
• Yahoo Group for Colombian Adoptee Search & Support
• Swedish based Colombian Adoptee Support Organisation: ChiCoLa
• Colombian adoptee who's also an adoption therapist in the USA: see www.adoptiontherapist.org
• Search Organisation: Fundación Para El Reencuentro (Foundation for the Reencounter)
• Colombian native discovers roots

Lao Adoptee Resources

• Blog by Lao adoptee & author Bryan Worra : On the Other Side of the Eye (his book of poetry)

Irish Adoptee Resources

• Adoption Rights Alliance
• Exec Summary: Ryan Report for the Inquiry into Irish Children in Catholic Care
• Endemic rape and abuse of Irish children in Catholic Care, inquiry finds

Malaysian Adoptee Resources

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

Native American Adoptee Resources

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

Philippino Adoptee Resources

• Philippine Language School in Melb, VIC
• Philippine - Australian Networking
• Filipino Adoptee Network (FAN)
• Filipino Adoptee Network (FAN) on Facebook
• Daniel's Reunion
• Anthony Capon - Philippino adoptee raised in Aust, winner of Project Runway Australia

Romanian Adoptee Resources

• Romanian orphans ready for export to the EU
• Book: Romania - For Export Only.  The Untold Story of Romania's Orphans
• Romanian adoptees struggle to adapt
• USA: Romanian Retreat for Adoptees & families
• Mirela Kinney: A Romanian Adoptee's Story
• Research: Post-Institutional Autistic Syndrome in Romanian Adoptees

Sri Lankan Adoptee Resources

• Sri Lanka: Adoption Registry for Adoptees & Birth Parents
• Love Relationships in the Betweenship: by Daniel, Sri Lankan adoptee
• Maria, Swedish model adopted from Sri Lanka

Thai Adoptee Resources

• Tamara's Reunion with Birth Siblings
• Search contact who helped Tamara find her birth family: SiamHawk

Numerous Countries

• International & Transracial Adoptees
• Videos of Numerous Intercountry Adoptees and Professionals
• Where did I come from? Exploring International Adoption in Australia

Intercountry Adoption Research

Australian Post Adoption Support Services
 

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
• Dutch Search TV Program - Vanished (Spoorloos)
• Independent Registry for Holt Adoptees & Birth Families who are Searching
• UK: AAA-NORCAP - Search Action Pack & Intermediary Services
• USA Search Organisation recommended by AFAAD: Kinsolving Investigations
• ABC Nightline: Who am I?  The Choice to find Biological Parents and Where did I come from?
• The Impact of Birth Country Travel
• PASS: DNA Testing Fact Sheet (relevant to South Australian Companies)

Other World-Wide Post Adoption Support Resources

• United Adoptees International (UAI) - run by trans-racial adoptees in Netherlands
• Stolen for Adoption - website assisting birth families and adoptees who have lost family to adoption
• Transnational Adoption Group - run by transracial adoptees in UK
• Intercountry Adoption Centre - 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
• USA's State Dept for International Adoptions

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
• Facebook Group for Colombian Adoptees
• Yahoo Group for Colombian Adoptee Search & Support
• Connected Indian Roots
• Filippino Adoptees Network
• Asia Pacific Intercountry Adoption Forum (APIAF)

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

Birth Father Experiences

• Book: Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences

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

Films

• Adopted: A film by Barb Lee

Trans-racial Adoptee Written Books

• Abandoned for Life: The incredible story of one Romanian Orphan hidden from the world.  His Life, His Words.
• The Color of Difference - Journeys in Transracial Adoption
• Outsiders Within - Writing on Transracial Adoption (see it's Review)
• Comforting an Orphaned Nation
• Once They Hear My Name and review (by Korean American Adoptees)

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
• The Australian & New Zealand Art Therapy Association