When an adopted adult (of any age) first attempts to access their records, they must engage with social workers at the Ministry for Children as if they were still a child.
I was a woke activist when I 1st applied in 1974 - when I reached age of majority. They didn't like my attitude - I refused to let them talk to me like a child. They put me on the bottom of the pile for another 23 yrs. And they wonder why we hate them and label THEM sociopaths. I set across from a 22 yr-old MSW grad in 1998 while she read files I wasn't allowed to see. If I wasn't a mature adult I would have jumped across the table and rang her neck!!!!
For myself....all i can say is thank goodness for DNA, Ancestry and My Heritage or I would have still had missing parts. It is only possible to understand adoption if one is an adoptee.
Oh gosh yes ! Everything about this makes me cross ! I’ll go and breathe then write a proper response, in the meantime, thank you !
Agree! I read this over breakfast and got indigestion. There's something about inequity that wrecks my guts.
Hope your indigestion has improved
Spot on - it is the inequity.
I was a woke activist when I 1st applied in 1974 - when I reached age of majority. They didn't like my attitude - I refused to let them talk to me like a child. They put me on the bottom of the pile for another 23 yrs. And they wonder why we hate them and label THEM sociopaths. I set across from a 22 yr-old MSW grad in 1998 while she read files I wasn't allowed to see. If I wasn't a mature adult I would have jumped across the table and rang her neck!!!!
It is disappointing that so many nations who signed the UN charter for the rights of the child utterly ignore what they pledged.
For myself....all i can say is thank goodness for DNA, Ancestry and My Heritage or I would have still had missing parts. It is only possible to understand adoption if one is an adoptee.