Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Strauss and Fessler: Authors, Filmmakers, Adoptees
Courage to Emerge From Your Shell
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Jean Strauss (l) and Ann Fessler (r) have each made powerful documentaries that capture often untold, compelling stories of people touched by relinquishment and adoption. Fessler's A GIRL LIKE HER will be shown at Denver's Sie Film Center, 2510 Colfax at 7pm June 13. 
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We're not afraid to talk about touchy issues around our beginnings.  Even if, at certain times, you might feel (or act) like a chicken, someone much more courageous lurks within. Living well  in the world of adoption requires grit.  Check us out.
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A 2009 Court of Appeals ruling has granted unrestricted access to original birth certificates and adoption records for Coloradans whose adoptions were finalized between July 1, 1951 and June 30, 1967. The state has responded by creating two new forms. See our FAQs section for a more detailed discussion.
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For the Records

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Releases Follow-up Study

This publication, a follow up study to the Institute's 2007 white paper, represents the most comprehensive examination to date of one of the most controversial, emotional issues in the modern adoption world: whether adopted people, once they become adults, should have access to their original birth certificates.

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Adoption and Mothering is a peer-reviewed collection from interdisciplinary authors that "investigates debate, discourse and the politics of adoption that surrounds them and impacts contemporary notions of motherhood as biological and non-biological kin in North American contexts."

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We are proud to celebrate thirty seven life-changing years as an all-volunteer organization. Founded in 1975 as Adoptees in Search,  this group has provided search help and emotional support for adult adoptees and parents by birth and adoption through many social, political and technological changes.  Through legislation and litigation, we continue to fight for changes that will provide access to original birth identity for all adult adoptees, and guarantee parents by birth and adoption access to all documents ... Read more
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A number of Colorado women who relinquished their babies for adoption under what they described as coercive circumstances were interviewed by Dan Rather and his investigative team in April 2012. Among them are Kathy Aderhold, AIS-CTC Board Member and Colorado State Representative for the American Adoption Congress, and Patricia Taylor, former Regional Director of Concerned United Birthparents (CUB). The full program can be downloaded from iTunes. Click here to see video trailers.... Read more
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In her regular "Morning Brew," Denver Post columnist Tina Griego recounts the story of Patty Antonio, who began searching ifor birth family 1980. After obtaining her original birth certificate, she learned that her birth mother passed away in 1988. But she made some wonderful connections in the process of her search. Read the full column by clicking ... Read more
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Debbie Bort, adopted at six weeks old, discovered that she and her son both suffer from a genetic disease called osteogenesis imperfecta, which causes bones to become brittle and break easily. According to Bort, some parents with undiagnosed children have been wrongly accused of child abuse. She hopes that access to her adoption records can lead to people who might be able to provide helpful information about the condition and its treatment. See the full story and video from 9News : ht... Read more
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(Photo: CBS4) Some adoptees, like Shayne Madsen, have a birth certificate that doesn't even include a date or place of birth, let alone her parents' names. Madsen acknowledged that obtaining her original birth certificate is about much more than just medical history. See the following link for full story and video feed (Note: the cameraman who filmed this piece is an adoptee, who heard about the Appeals Court ruling for the first time while filming this story!) ht... Read more
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Adoptee Bart Brinkman, born in 1933 and adopted after living in the State Home for Dependent and Neglected children, was featured in a Parade Magazine article, along with reunited mom Karen Liebgold, therapist Suzanne Matson, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, and John Talbert, a man who discovered that his father co-starred on TV's The A Team. Click here to see the full story. For links to more adoption news stories, click on News and Opinion on the toolbar abo... Read more
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Jeff Hannasch, the appellant in a landmark 2009 Colorado Court of Appeals ruling, battled his way through the court system to win unrestricted access to his original birth certificates and adoption records. Because the ruling was published, it also applies to all those adopted in Colorado whose adoptions were finalized between July 1, 1951 and June 30, 1967. More than 1500 requests have been processed by the CDPHE. The historic victory, however, had a bittersweet ending for Jeff. Veteran reporter John Ensslin, formerly of the Rocky Mountain News, named this story as one the Ten Most Interesting he covered in ... Read more
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AIS-CTC is pleased to announce the coming revival of our free lending library. If you're looking for a resource for adoption-related books and CDs, you've come to the right place. We've rounded up an impressive collection, some of which are even out of print. Once the process is in place, you'll be able to reserve a title online and pick it up at the next meeting.