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Adopting from Sri Lanka

01 Jul 2023 | Veronica Latsko

Special Needs Adoption, How To Adopt, Adoptee Articles, Waiting Children, Adoption Process, Adoption Advocacy, Culture and Pride, Education, Safety

Sri Lanka is a beautiful island in the Indian ocean, with a rich history that has strong influences from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. One of Sri Lan...

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Adopting from the Dominican Republic

03 May 2023 | Rebecca Blessing

Older Child Adoption, Birth Families, Family Adoption Stories, How To Adopt, Adoptee Articles, Adoption and School, Bonding & Attachment, Waiting Children, Adoption Process, Adoption Advocacy, Travel and Birthcountry Tours, Adoption Education and Training, Education, Boys, Family and Community Support

Q&A with the Harrison Family: Big rewards of a long in-country stay  A few weeks ago, we met the Tejada-Acosta Family, who lived in the Domi...

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A Long Stay Can Go a Long Way: Meet the Tejada-Acosta Family

14 Apr 2023 | Rebecca Blessing

Dominican Republic   Birth Families, Family Adoption Stories, How To Adopt, Adoption News, Adoptee Articles, Adoption and School, Bonding & Attachment, Waiting Children, Adoption Process, Pre-Adoption, Adoption Advocacy, Travel and Birthcountry Tours, Adoption Education and Training, Adoption Funding, Grants, Finances, Post-Adoption, Culture and Pride, Family and Community Support

Potential adoptive families often balk at countries that require long stays to adopt; but as working remotely becomes more normalized and technology i...

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If you could sit with your younger self for an hour, what advice would you give her?

10 Oct 2022 | Katelyn Corkern

Adoptee Articles

Dear younger me,   First, I would love to give you a big hug. You have gone through a lot, and I am so proud of the woman you have become. ...

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Hey Families, Don't Give Up

03 Aug 2020 | Lindsey Gilbert - Madison Adoption Associates

Adoptee Articles

It’s a strange time to be alive, and a very strange time to be adopting internationally. At a time when everyone is drawing in, staying home, cl...

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I Was Adopted, My Friend Was Not

02 Apr 2019 | Lijie Zhang, Ming Canaday

Scoliosis   China   Adoptee Articles

We both were disabled by polio, a disease that most Westerners believe no longer exists.  But I was adopted by Americans. Returning to China...

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Ophanage Life This Is My Truth

14 Feb 2019 | Agape Adoptions

China   Older Child Adoption, Adoptee Articles, Bonding & Attachment

This essay, unedited, is shared with permission from a teenage girl who was adopted as an older child through Agape Adoptions. Her memories and though...

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Souvenirs of the Journey: Heritage Travel

15 Jan 2019 | Missy Harrel, Communications Editor

India   Family Adoption Stories, Adoptee Articles, Travel and Birthcountry Tours

“Is it like home?” 15-year-old Nisha asked her parents, Becky and Tom, before they traveled to her birth country last summer. They were al...

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Stuck Somewhere Between my Chinese and American Identities

12 Nov 2018 | Molly

China, Taiwan   Adoptee Articles, Travel and Birthcountry Tours, The Teen Years, Culture and Pride

Sounds of laughter fill the room as my two host sisters, host mother and I shake our hips and sing along to the Chinese song “Little Apple&rdq...

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Silence Was the Music of My Welfare Home

04 Oct 2018 | Ya Ya

China, Taiwan, Vietnam   Adoptee Articles, The Teen Years

  There’s nothing half as endearing as going back home.  It's a heavy burden laying across your shoulders when returning to a place th...

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Special Needs

  1. Blood Conditions
    1. Blood Disorder
    2. Hemophilia
    3. Hepatitis B Positive
    4. Hepatitis C
    5. HIV Positive
    6. Lead Exposure
    7. Lymphedema
    8. Sickle Cell Anemia
    9. Thalassemia
  2. Chromosome Disorders
    1. Cystic Fibrosis
    2. Down Syndrome
    3. Genetic Syndrome
    4. PKU
    5. Teratoma
    6. Turner Syndrome
  3. Congenital Heart Defects
    1. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
    2. Heart Defect
    3. Tetralogy of Fallot
  4. Craniofacial Conditions
    1. Apert Syndrome
    2. Cleft lip or palate
    3. Hemifacial Microsomia
  5. Developmental Needs
    1. Apraxia of Speech and Muteness
    2. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD's)
    3. Cognitive Delays
    4. Failure to Thrive
    5. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
    6. Growth Delay
    7. Motor Delays
    8. Premature Birth
    9. Psychomotor Development Retardation (PDR)
    10. Speech Delay
  6. Digestive System Conditions
    1. Hernia
    2. Megacolon
  7. Hearing
    1. Deaf
    2. Hearing Impairment
    3. Microtia and Atresia
  8. Neurological Conditions
    1. Cerebral Palsy
    2. Dyskinesia
    3. Epilepsy
    4. Hydrocephalus
    5. Microcephaly
    6. Seizure Disorder/ Epilepsy
  9. Orthopedic Conditions
    1. Amniotic Band Syndrome / Missing Limbs
    2. Arthrogryposis
    3. Brachial Plexus Injury
    4. Club foot
    5. Digit Difference
    6. Dwarfism
    7. Flexion Deformity
    8. Funnel Chest / Pigeon Breast
    9. Limb Differences
    10. Osteogenesis Imperfecta
    11. Radial Club
    12. Rickets
    13. Scoliosis
    14. Spina Bifida
    15. Torticollis
    16. Wheelchair Dependent
    17. Wheelchair Dependent
  10. Other Considerations
    1. 9 Years Plus
    2. AGEING OUT
    3. Attachment Issues
    4. Second Placement
    5. Trauma
  11. Skin Conditions
    1. Albinism
    2. Burns
    3. Congenital Blue Nevus
    4. Congenital Nevi
    5. Eczema
    6. Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
    7. Hemangioma
    8. Ichthyosis
    9. Port Wine Stains
  12. Urogenital Conditions
    1. Ambiguous Genitalia
    2. Anal Atresia / Imperforate Anus
    3. Hypospadias
    4. Incontinence
    5. Kidney Issues
  13. Vision
    1. Blind
    2. Cataracts
    3. Lazy Eye / Amyblyopia
    4. Missing Eye
    5. Nystagmus
    6. Ptosis
    7. Strabismus
    8. Visual Impairment

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