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I'm so sorry that there are those of us who grew up not being told. I think that's one of the worst things you can do to a child. I was told I was adopted early on, so I grew up always knowing. It still wasn't easy being adopted and feeling like I never fit in anywhere, but at least I knew WHY. There are already enough secrets and lies in adoption, this just adds another layer of trauma and confusion when the truth finally comes out. I hope that all LDA adoptees are able to uncover the truth about who they are, and that they are able to endure the pain this brings for them... that they are supported and loved through the process and able to make peace with their reality.

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Melo is an inspiration

We Appreciate You for Sharing Your Stories.. may you be blessed for speaking up n Not Staying Silencio'ed.. Thankyou 🎉🎉🎉

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I love the challenge who love the human being I really want to join this organization Love you

At age 40, the outside physical body, starts to age. It happens to each of us, not much to do or worry about it. My dad retired after 50 years of work, my hero.

I think the middle age created the concept of ageism have enough strength and smarts

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When is the Australian government going to inform all the people who were lied to, still walking around not knowing the truth, to a potential detriment to their health, thinking their biological parents medical history is their own. Where is our free medical dna testing ?

striving for equality is a pervasive force in society.

Ageism is not just against old people young people too.

The aged and disability pension needs to go up by at least $200 a fortnight. If the liberals didn't waste billions on french non existent submarines, this would be doable. It is a political decision that gutless politicians won't make.

We will all remember miss abdou

Pension poverty will be called elderly poverty in the future. It's definitely on the cards for generation rent.

i can't find anything that talks about the subtle ageism where people of some undefined age are patronisingly labelled "the elderly" or "older" and just how much the prejudice that often hides presumably informs how "younger" people regard people older than themselves. Its not all about systemic care issues and where the drivers push it is it? Its the "younger" people that need to be asked to notice their language and prejudices that seems to be driving it - but this video is nearly all focusing on the "older" people!

Hi all, Thank you for sharing your own individual experiences. I feel like i can somewhat relate to your stories. Im 29 now and i was adopted when i was 2. I told that i was adopted at 21. It has been such a surreal journey. At first I went through similar feelings as having the sense of no belonging. Not knowing who i am even to the point of being disgusted when looking in to the mirror. Whilst going through the shock of it all I was appreciative of my loving adoptive mother as she had given me everything and all i could ever ask for. Showed me so much love i didnt even have the need of longing for a farther. (adoptive father passed away not long after the adoption) ... Im glad that i was told at a later stage in life as i was in a place where i could kind of handle being told being told about it all. To be honest i still am processing it now almost 9 years on. Having a mind set of believing in the universe, and all is meant to be has helped me coming to terms with it all. Ultimately accepting what has happened my life. My biological mother was not able to look after me as she was very young and had no support from her family (as it was seen as a taboo to have a child before being married along with having a baby with a person from another religion) and as for the biological farther he wanted the pregnancy terminated... I am in the process of trying to contact my biological mother, not in the hope of pursuing a relationship with her but just for closure in this chapter of my life i guess. I hope you all find peace within yourselves as it can be a long and difficult journey regardless of age. 🙏

I was told I was adopted when I was 20 years old but I knew all along…. Thank you for sharing your stories ❤️🙏

I can feel ageism at 27. I am already refered to as an "older" person. And get different treatment than people 3-7 years younger. Which is crazy.

Let it move. Mineraled or local foods. The lymphatics. Will work. The water is its god. Time is ythee. But i am not a leashed. Winter has come. The moons have left. The time is cleaning. Turn off the media constant. Waitvforthe sun to rise. Then thee can see . The cleaning of the streets helps walking. More cars and the electric to the soil. One socket is fine. Thete should be no artifivial light above tyoyr eyes. Wait the traffic is a machine. Hit the machine the driver walks away and gets mental health treatment. It is nature death is. Not a life eating sassauge and smiling if there is a beer to ve with u. If the gut bacteria sees you unhappy so be it it bribgs thee to peace

Thank you so much for having me, absolutely honoured ✊🏽🖤❤️

My adopted sister use to say that our adopted parents paid everyone 'hush money' so that we would never know. How wrong they were. The truth always surfaces.

"Adoption is not the fairy story it's made out to be." If only we could get people to believe this. Thank you Dianne and Greg for being our voices.

Thankyou to each and everyone of you. Exposing ones wounds can be oh so traumatic. My deepest gratitude to each one of you

Thank you to ALL the adoptee's and mothers for speaking of their experiences as survivors of forced adoption. It's vital that we acknowledge that The Benevolent Society, Australia's oldest charity was a significant pervayor of forced adoptions. This clip, does not acknowledge this fact. For many survivors of forced adoption it is extremelly difficult to return to the same NGO that was the cause of their seperation from kin. TBS has signed up to redress programs for other survivors of human right violations, now it is time for them to step up and instigate redress for adoptees and their mothers. They don't need state parliament to direct them to do so.

What about the lack of human and civil rights of adoptees? How are we *still* severing relationship rights, sealing original birth certificates, abandoning children to adoption with no requirement for welfare checks or to tell them they are adopted, with those children losing their right to see their own true birth certificate and having to wait throughout most of adolescence to find out their history at 18 years old - if then -and in many states of Australia sometimes forever? How about raising the issues of what experiences of adoption entail for adopted people including adoption restraining orders (contact vetoes), and adoption gag orders ? (most of these people are committing an offence under the NSW Adoption Act Section 180 - $2750 fine or 12 months imprisonment or both). Who is doing anything about these laws? And the lack of follow through from the govt agreed upon recommendations to come out of the Senate Inquiry? And the conflict of interest inherent in organisations funded to support adopters - that include the voices of adopters in this video as if there is no power differential? Yes, there is incredible trauma for adopted people in adoption - cumulative trauma, with complex post traumatic stressors throughout life and the adopted people interviewed on here showed that. But much of this trauma is from the human rights violations we are subject to, and the lack of targeted services to assist adoptees. Isn't there an obligation for the places that are funded to support adoptees to make statements about these issues as well as highlighting the trauma arising from them?

Well, time to say goodbye to our culture.

I'm retired in Danbury, CT. I guess I shouldn't complain, when I hear stories like this. The elderly ,anywhere, shouldn't have to scrimp on electricity or food.

Its a never ending story i live in South Africa and if it was not for my brother accomodating me i would b on the streets. Us oldies have supported and paid our taxes yet we r now expected to get on with it. Its so sad.

Rents should never past $1000 a month

Here's to being an old pain in the bum :) who is still respected

The inflation time bomb will make things even worse in the future

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I can only speak for the countries that I have watched on U Tube i.e., the UK, USA and Australia. All bedevilled with the same problems, pension poverty and child poverty. Yet, in every case the rich grow richer. Therefore, there must be a change of emphasis. For people to have multi-millions and billions in wealth is obscene. The higher rate tax system must be increased radically, plus a more awareness of tax dodging with colossal fines. It may alter things a little, maybe. The biggest obstacle is the greed of man The rich and powerful can buy the support of governments which of course means that any action taken against them will be mild in nature.

Nursing homes are expensive people need to adopt a older person like a buddy system check on the person vist them call them just be a friend most old people are lonely

I am veteran,,,, and bachelor designer, farm. ..... Please share homes,,,,,, one room , and less, house expensive more food, med

If your plan in life entails government support be prepared for a rude awakening,if you do not have a house that is paid off by the time you are 65 be prepared if your health will permit to work to the grave.Young people buy an affordable house and pay it off as fast as you can and have a savings plan because life happens.

imagine being ageist by thinking ageism is only against old people in a video against ageism

Here it is in a Nutshell "You are running to what you are running from"

That is so sad to have to make choices for things that should be necessities.People worked all their lives just to rot in their old age,very cruel,nobody should have to live like that!!!

Come on the Brits know what the bombing was oh I forgot they were all dead now except for the queen she remembers those dark days you know how you know you poor when you're always hungry Kissinger said control the food you control the people control the fuel the Petro you control the economy control the banks you control the world 2021 have things gotten better. For you

i'm in Australia..on an aged pension..live well..don't want for anything..can actually save money..yes i own my own house(made that a necessity before retirement)to me we live in the lucky country. elect and gas bills cheaper..free public transport..medications 1/4 of what they were before on pension. cheap haircuts..goes on and on..people need to take responsibility for their circumstances

Public servants getting 3 pay rises on next 15 months....how about age pensioners? Public servants most are Landlords they get more than $100,000 they rent houses and got indirect handouts on rents and keep rising rents when they got 5to 10 houses and got some $200,000 A year

I placed my original comment "The age pension is NOT a WELFARE payment...." six months ago in the hope people would realise what this government intends to do with our money we made in tax to provide ourselves with a pension. The first thing they did was to start calling it WELFARE and they got away with it, Now they are talking about an age pension welfare card where you can only shop at certain places and purchase certain items. Pop down to the pub with your mates for a beer with that and see how it goes. The age pension is not and never was a welfare payment.

A couple of days ago there was a piece in the London Evening Standard that claimed half of children in the UK were living in poverty. It went on to explain that a single parent with two children had to `manage' on £280/week after housing costs. Which presumably meant after tax also, as that is deducted at source. In other words, they had nearly 3 hundred quid a week to splurge on food and whatever. As a singleton, I can manage on £20/week for food & subsistence. It's all I need. Even with kids it can't be more than double that. So where does the spare £240/week go to? Pocket money, obviously. Mobile phones, computers and games, probably. What then - does childhood poverty now mean having no X-Box...? The state pension is little more than half the figure quoted. Maybe pensioners are judged by a different standard of poverty...

Same thing in Canada. our govnt does not take care of our elders, i will be one before too long and live in poverty. i have also had to make a hard decision.buy food or buy my meds. our native populations are not taken care of either. Canada is a wealthy country, yet we have starving kids.

And by the time it’s all said and done many older folks will be gone because they couldn’t keep warm in winter or get the food and meds they needed

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Notice, to all this can happen to anyone.