Adoptee “Flips the Script” on Pro-Adoption Narrative

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” Many adoptees don’t feel at home — ever, anywhere.”

“Depression, anxietyand addiction are at higher rates among adoptees, and we are four times more likely to attempt suicide than nonadopted peers.

“Flip the Script,” a new YouTube video by an adoptee writing collective, The Lost Daughters, attempts to combat the damaging cultural narrative that centers exclusively on shiny, happy adoption experiences. “National Adoption Month is a very loud single story told by certain people and not by adoptees. …”

Read the rest at Adoptees Like Me ‘Flip the Script’ on the Pro-Adoption Narrative[NY Times 11/13/14 by Laura Barcella]

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