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AKA recognizes that adoption is a life-long
experience; therefore, we serve as an ongoing informational & emotional
resource for people touched by adoption.
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AKA endorses ideas and practices that
serve to support the dignity of children and the dignity of their birth
and adoptive families.
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AKA recognizes a responsibility and committment
to share experiences, positive and negative, in order to contribute to
the public's understanding of adoption issues and to enable reform in adoption
practices.
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AKA believes any significant description
of adoption must involve a balance of ALL segments of the triad; therefore,
we encourage the collective participation of birth parents, adoptive parents
and adopted people.
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AKA supports practices which promote
honesty and which responsibly educate participants about adoption's unique
issues and concerns.
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AKA supports the adopted persons' fundamental
right to accurate information of their history, the birthparents' fundamental
right to accurate information regarding their children placed for adoption,
and the adoptive parents fundamental right to accurate information regarding
their children's birthfamilies.
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AKA asserts that each participant in
adoption experiences grief and loss therefore, any significant description
of the adoption experience must recognize the themes of grief and loss.
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We recognize the vulnerability of each
member of the triad; therefore, AKA endorses professionals who are committed
to educating and empowering triad members with full information regarding
their choices and the life-long implications of those choices.
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