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As an Adoptive parent of over 12 years to a child who is Neurodiverse I just want to say your recent video on Adoption was sadly very ill-informed and disappointingly superficial. Adoption is a hugely complex subject and all adopted children suffer neuro-developmental trauma and many others have other conditions such as FAS (Foetal Alcohol Syndrome). These days people who take on Adoption I would say have to be the most under stress and under supported parents on the planet (apart from other parents of SEN children). The unsupported bit is because all your support network gradually falls away person by person as people around you realise this is not the same as having a birth child. It is being a therapeutic parent 24/7 and the times we trusted our child to other people who treated them like a birth child were the times they were traumatised (I am mainly talking about mainstream school educators).
It would be a much better way to educate your viewers to do some actual research into the reality of adoption these days, rather than some anecdotal evidence and also to do some research into SEN parents too, as there is usually a big overlap given all the co-occurring disabilities many adoptive kids have.
On a side note, many Neurodiverse adults are discriminated against by social services and their kids end up in care. I think the crimes being perpetrated against Neurodivergent people in our society are appalling as well. That could be highlighted too.
I am not Neurodivergent I am Neurotypical but I have insight into their experiences of life through parenting my child and fighting their corner for 12 years.