STORIES FROM ICHILD ADOPTEES:

OUR CHILDREN'S VOICES

• Belonging to a family means something special to me
• Kamal's Story
• Nothing Short Of A Miracle

Madhu's Story:
http://adoption.about.com/library/writes/uc061101a.htm (story part one)
http://adoption.about.com/library/weekly/uc021102a.htm (story part two....return to India)

INTERNET GROUPS/LISTSERVE:

yaia-child
YAIA-CHILD Young Adult Indian Adoptee ICHILD is a group for young adults who were adopted from India. This is a private place for members to communicate with one another. This group is also open to adoptees from the Indian Subcontinent (Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka...) Subscribers should be age 17 and older.

SAIA-T
SAIA-T This group offers a forum for adult adoptees from South Asia, ie. India, Pakistan, Bangaledesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, to talk to each other, to network, and to discuss freely their feelings and experiences in being adopted internationally. This group offers a space to share your experiences, strengths, and hopes. We hope that the list will be neither all positive, nor all negative, but a true journal of the journeys. We are glad you found us. Currently we define 'adult' as 18 years old and up. ... more

GENERAL RESOURCES & INTERNET SITES

Also Known As

http://pact.best.vwh.net/adopted/

HOLT Int. Survey for Adoptees

PACT SURVEY

http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/adopt/research.html

BOOKS/VIDEO:

• I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters from the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children
• Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
• Journeys After Adoption : Understanding Lifelong Issues
• A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee's Search for Her Roots
• After the Morning Calm: Reflections of Korean Adoptees
• The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child