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Race, Culture and Adoptive Families

01 Jan 2006 | Margie Perscheid

Korea South   Older Child Adoption, Birth Families, Family Adoption Stories

Any parent with transracially adopted children over the age of 7 years old, is aware, or becoming aware, of the special challenges that face adoptive ...

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Exploring Special Needs Adoption

01 Jan 2006 | Martha Osborne

China   Special Needs Adoption, Waiting Children, Adoption Process

Helping special children receive care and educating the caretakers in these childrens' orphanages and foster homes was the original plan. When the Chi...

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My Unique Family

01 Jan 2006 | Dee T.

Russia   Older Child Adoption, Sibling Adoption, Older Parent Adoption, Waiting Children, Single Parent Adoption

If someone had told me a few years ago that I would build my family through the overseas adoption of older children, I know that I would have laughed....

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Beyond

01 Jan 2006 | Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Adoption and School, Culture and Pride

"Parents have to realize that there is a stranger in your house. If you came home and you found a strange man...teaching your kids to punch each other...

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The Benefits of Birth Family Connections

01 Jan 2006 | Amy Webster, MSW, LICSW

Birth Families

One factor that influences the decision to adopt internationally versus within the U.S. is not having to face birth family issues during the adoption ...

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Trapped in Cambodia

01 Jan 2006 | Kerri Evans

Cambodia   Toddler Adoption, Family Adoption Stories

It's 1998 and two families across the world begin the long path that will bring them together, families reunited, then separated again. In Cambodia ...

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Real Happy Endings

01 Jan 2006 | Martha Osborne

Adoptee Articles, Adoption Process, Pre-Adoption

Whether exploring the decision to adopt a child as an infant through domestic or international adoption or to adopt an older child through the child w...

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Adoptees and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

01 Jan 2006 | Boris Gindis

Bonding & Attachment, Adoption Disruption, Medical

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition in which victims of overwhelming negative experiences are psychologically affected by feelings of...

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My First Lesson in Motherhood

01 Jan 2006 | Elizabeth Fitzsimons

China   Special Needs Adoption, Adoption Process

I saw the scar the first time I changed Natalie's diaper, just an hour after the orphanage director handed her to me in a hotel banquet room in Nancha...

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Answering Stranger's Questions About Adoption

01 Jan 2006 | Deborah McCurdy, MSW

Sibling Adoption, Adoptee Articles, Single Parent Adoption

When we adopt a child who looks different from us, we generally feel we can handle the stares and loss of privacy that go with the territory. We may f...

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Country Programs

  1. Eastern Europe
    • Albania
    • Armenia
    • Bulgaria
    • Georgia
    • Hungary
    • Kazakhstan
    • Latvia
    • Lithuania
    • Macedonia
    • Moldova
    • Poland
    • Romania
    • Serbia
  2. Asia
    • Azerbaijan
    • China
    • Hong Kong
    • India
    • Japan
    • Korea South
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Marshall Islands
    • Philippines
    • Taiwan
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
  3. Latin America
    • Brazil
    • Colombia
    • Costa Rica
    • Dominican Republic
    • Ecuador
    • El Salvador
    • Guyana
    • Honduras
    • Mexico
    • Nicaragua
    • Panama
    • Peru
  4. Africa
    • Burkina Faso
    • Burundi
    • Liberia
    • Morocco
    • South Africa
    • Uganda
  5. Caribbean Islands
    • Haiti
    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)
  6. Unspecified
    • Samoa
  7. USA
    • USA

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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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