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‘Did you have a good adoption?’ and other dumb questions…
How to be adopted 8/19/22 How to be adopted 8/19/22

‘Did you have a good adoption?’ and other dumb questions…

Pondering this question as I contemplate my sister’s path and my own…

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An update on the Ofsted regulations that obstruct counselling for adoptees in the UK
How to be adopted 6/24/22 How to be adopted 6/24/22

An update on the Ofsted regulations that obstruct counselling for adoptees in the UK

Update from Gilli Bruce on the Ofsted ruling preventing adoptees from accessing counselling

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6 recommendations for the JCHR re the inquiry into Treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies aka adoptees: Pam Hodgkins MBE oral evidence to The Joint Committee on Human Rights
How to be adopted 3/16/22 How to be adopted 3/16/22

6 recommendations for the JCHR re the inquiry into Treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies aka adoptees: Pam Hodgkins MBE oral evidence to The Joint Committee on Human Rights

Important evidence for the JCHR inquiry from Pam Hodgkins, MBE, founder of NORCAP

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A letter to... my little sister who has been missing for a year
How to be adopted 3/13/19 How to be adopted 3/13/19

A letter to... my little sister who has been missing for a year

My piece about my little sister published anonymously in the Guardian, Christmas 2015

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9 things I would give my sister for Christmas
How to be adopted 11/22/18 How to be adopted 11/22/18

9 things I would give my sister for Christmas

Her own name, her own room and some goddamn support with attachment and adoption trauma.

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Sorry these seats are taken: a short reflection on adoption reunion
How to be adopted 6/12/18 How to be adopted 6/12/18

Sorry these seats are taken: a short reflection on adoption reunion

A short reflection on adoption reunion and how it’s felt since coming out of the fog…

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