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Seeking Research Participants for a New Adoptee Study!

Seeking Research Participants! Are you an adoptee?

If so, and you:

Were adopted before age one.

Were adopted by non-biological parents (neither parent was related to the child by blood)

Were told or discovered you were adopted at any age. We have a…

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"Paper presented to Adoption Services, Queensland Government", by Helen Riley, PhD

Helen Riley has generously allowed us to publish this paper she presented to the Adoption Services branch of the Queensland Government on her research on Late Discovery. Thank you so much, Helen, for your advocacy and research!

“Paper presented to…

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Two New Late Discovery Journal Articles by Helen Riley, PhD

Helen Riley is a Late Discovery Adoptee whose continued research and advocacy for LDAs and donor-conceived persons are simply amazing. Below are the abstracts of two recently published articles. The first, published in Adoption & Fostering, is…

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"Revelations", a blog by LDA Lynne Miller

“Revelations | Exposing Secrets, Truths, and Tips for Everyday Living”, is a blog by LDA Lynne Miller. Go check it out!

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Poll Results: Are you male or female?

The results are in, 75% of our respondents are female, 25% are male.

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Congratulations to She's Adopted (They Just Didn't Tell Her)

Congratulations to She’s Adopted (They Just Didn’t Tell Her), an LDA blog, for winning the Very Inspiring Blogger Award!

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NEW! Quick Late Discovery Survey

I was participating in an adoption group discussion on Facebook and someone asked about the enormous gender gap in the group, and in adult adoptee support and discussion groups both IRL and online. A lot of adult adoptee groups are 90-95% female. I…

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"We hope to learn more about adoption counseling..." Please Take This Survey!

Are you an adult adoptee? Would you like to improve counseling services for adoptees? Take a few minutes to complete this survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AdultAdopteeSurveyART

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Can you help us find LDA research participants?

Are you part of an adoptee support network or connected with a post-adoption service provider in the US, Canada, Great Britain, Australia or New Zealand (or with English-speaking adoptees in other countries)? We are compiling a resource list to help us…

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LDA Survey Results

Thanks to all who took the LDA Survey, I’m checking out the data, but in the meantime…

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22 years ago...

I discovered I was adopted twenty-two years ago today, in a mixture of shock, rage and excitement. The shock and the deep hurt are understandable without the need of explanation, but why was I exhilarated? It was because I had found out who I really was,…

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NEW Survey!

Please answer this survey.

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Baby Boy Church at Indiegogo!

The Indiegogo campaign for BB Church is now LIVE! We have 45 days to raise $5,000 to make sure that this powerful little film screens in many more film festivals in 2013. Please donate if you can! http://igg.me/p/287356/x/1694676

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ADDED: excerpts from my Adoptee Daybook, 1996-7

Here are some excerpts from an online journal I posted back in 1996-7, before there were blogs.

Click the links below to view the pages:

Bastard Out of Monterey Park: November 17th, 1996

Who Dunnit?: December 3rd, 1996

Family Secrets: February 18th, 1997

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Added: TheTruthSpeaks777, an LDA, speaks out on YouTube

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Added: Two extraordinary information sheets and a study on LDAs

I’ve added three remarkable pieces to Resources from the Post Adoption Resource Centre of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales, Australia. “Discovering You Are Adopted” and “Why Wasn’t I Told” should be standard issue to therapists and counselors…

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