The adoption misconception
I am adopted. I have PTSD and depression. These have nothing to do with the fact that I am adopted. My son has a mental illness. Even if he had never been adopted, he would still have a mental illness. Take Autism. Adoption doesn’t cause Autism. I don’t believe that is even a remote possibility. While the exact cause of Autism is unclear, I am certain that it isn’t adoption. Not every child that is adopted has Autism and not everyone that has Autism is adopted. Take Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder are a broad category of diagnosis, much like the world of Autism. There are varying levels of the disorder. Unless I was the birth mom and drank during my pregnancy, our adopting him two years after he was born didn’t cause the FASD. There are people born with FASD whose moms had no idea they