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Abandoned
Adopted people
1950 and a young Victorian Federal MP has heard of an American movie, 'Abandoned', that will be more educational than entertaining.
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Adopted people
Forced adoptions must never be allowed in the future. This applies whether people are adopting from within Australia, or they are adopting a child from overseas. I have serious concerns about 'international' and 'intra-national' adoptions as these further remove children from their past.
Continue readingAdoption Destroyed My Life
Mothers
In October 1968, my son was born at the Brisbane Royal Women’s Hospital at 1.15pm weighing 7lb11oz. I was tied to my bed and held down by nurses during delivery.
Continue readingAdoption Story part 2
Adopted people
The day I turned eighteen, I went to the phone box at university and began making enquiries about how to find my real mother.
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Adopted people
I consider myself lucky to have met my real dad.
Continue readingAdoption is Loss
Adopted people
My adopted name is Samuel Charles Morley but my birth name was Phillip Stacey Peck and I want to know the absolute truth about the circumstances of my adoption
Continue readingAdoption is a foreign country (3)
Adopted people
After such deep seated connections are formed how could a new born infant not be traumatised and thrown into sensory confusion when permanently losing its mother after birth?
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Mothers
There have been enormous changes in attitudes since 1970 and there is now much more acceptance of single parent families.
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Adopted people
My step-father was more than just a dad, he was a friend. We both shared a similar experience and this created a bond which has lasted my entire life - at least I had the spirit of the father in my life and for that I'm grateful.
Continue readingAdoption Loss and Reunion
Mothers
The impacts of adoption loss are lifelong and the associated losses continue beyond reunion. Adoption separation brings pain and grief that is difficult to resolve even with the best counselling and support. An ideal society would ensure that no parent/child relationship would endure such a separation.
Continue readingAdoption Story part 5
Adopted people
The only way I can explain adoption is to say that before I ever had the chance to grow, I was transplanted to a place where I wasn’t capable of growing.
Continue readingAdoption is a foreign country (2)
Adopted people
“I’m adopted”, doesn’t open easy conversations it tends to close them.
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Adopted people
Adopted people not only have to live with this loss, they have to find a way to make sense of it, often across the full span of their lives.
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