I hate returning to X for this but it has to be made known.
I have been working with a 32 yo queer disabled social work peer in renal failure to fight for their Medicaid that was absolutely wrongfully terminated @PADHSArkoosh@PAHumanServices@PAHealthDept (continued)…
Adoption isn’t just a chapter—it’s an ongoing experience that shapes who we are. Adoptees often feel pressure to conform, but we have the right to define ourselves on our terms. 💙
Your experience is valid, and it’s yours to write. 📝 #AdopteeHealing#AdoptionIsLifelong
I hate returning to X for this but it has to be made known.
I have been working with a 32 yo queer disabled social work peer in renal failure to fight for their Medicaid that was absolutely wrongfully terminated @PADHSArkoosh@PAHumanServices@PAHealthDept (continued)…
Do we need to live Tweet this person’s decline for the next 90 days - hoping they make it that long - for @PAHumanServices@PADHSArkoosh@PAHealthDept to do the right thing?
This is not ok.
When we applied for an expedited appeal, it was denied. Apparently having 12% kidney functioning left (20% is transplant eligible, 15% is the minimum required to stay alive), can wait 90 days without care (continued)… @PADHSArkoosh@PAHumanServices@PAHealthDept
There’s nothing like getting an email from @aetna about how they prioritize my mental health as a subscriber… when they take 6 months to pay me for my labor as a therapist. Parity optics won’t pay my mortgage, hun. #insurance#MentalHealthAwarenessDay#therapy
@hawleysa8@corsent Super cool. I’m from Cape May Court House and visit my dad there every other weekend.
This is a tough one. I say “child of unmarried parents,” which may be too long. “Putative children” comes to mind but may be almost as inappropriate. “Single parents’ children?”
A person who likely needs post-partum medical attention, mental health help, and parenting counseling is now being pursued by detectives instead of community support & services. They face up to 3 years in prison. This is sad for the parents and this baby.
The articles & comments about the #abandoned infant in #arizona are disappointing. A new parent left their baby on the doorstep of an occupied home in a retirement community instead of with cops. Have we no compassion to imagine why a scared & stressed person might do that??
… how you do respond may ultimately function as a “dog whistle” against adoption activists & critical adoption scholars who, unlike Greene, have valid criticisms of adoptive parenting & adoption. This puts us in danger - especially Black, Brown, ICA, & queer adoptees.
Adoptive parent allies. Please mindfully respond to @repmtg’s comments. We do not want to promote saviorism, condemn first families, or de-center adoption from adopted children. AND…
#adoption#MarjorieTaylorGreene#RoeVWade#abortion
I know @repmtg’s comment about “fake parents” wasn’t about adoptees. However, her comment undermines an adopted person’s right to self-determine their own kinship. I hope media outlets will amplify adoptee voices in response #abortion#adoption#fakeparents#adoptiveparents
My name was changed from Christen Davida Haney to Sarah Callahan to Amanda JoAnn Transue. My agency essentially forced my parents to change my name. My a-mom was Iroquois & had her family name forcibly altered by a boarding school. My name change activated generational trauma.
In my adoption file, it’s clear my first mom & family were shown what *other families* had to offer me.
But no one approached them in a spirit of respect & encouragement. No one highlighted their strengths or what *they* could offer me.
#adoption#ethics#socialwork
I know it may seem sweet & harmless. As a master social worker, I beg folks please do not send people with unplanned pregnancies the URLs & Twitter handles (etc) of people who are looking to adopt (or vice versa).
A 🧵….
#adoption#hopingtoadopt#RoeVsWade#feminism
The Turnaway Study offers compelling facts about how people forced to birth overwhelmingly opt to parent - when there is a choice to parent. When there isn’t a choice, we have the entire Baby Scoop Era to look at. 🧵
#adoption#christianity#RoeVWade#welladoptyourbaby
Turnaway Study: https://t.co/TKLscWZANV
However, I anticipate the secular and pro-choice nature of many resources that might challenge a church’s beliefs on this may not be acceptable evidence to the church in the first place, unfortunately.