I wanted to know if what I felt was what other adopted children felt. As I grew up, I was always anxious to read anything about adoption. Delacorte Press.ДЄdopted: Not Special, Not Chosen is a story about the trauma, the shame and the pain of adoption the things that adopted children donвЂ™t talk about. By the Same Author: When a Heart Has No Ears (2012), Candle in the Mirror (2012), and Inion (2014). A useful read for anyone not only those within the world of adoption. Search and reunion are scenes from our shared humanity not the blissfully happy outcomes fed to us by the media. This is particularly relevant to partners and spouses of an adopted person who may feel at a loss as to how they can help. There is a useful section for those people who may be connected to any member of the adoption triad as to how they can gain understanding and empathy. How individuals cope with such adaptation can be assisted with fulsome knowledge on the potential for ramifications in each member of the adoption triad. The facts speak for themselves and illustrate how the adopted person, adoptive families and biological connections all have to adapt to the changes adoption introduces to their life. An account of her own search for roots and identity can be found in Candle in the Mirror. This book presents realistic factual information on the topic. Donohoe Publications (Scotland).Д®rin was adopted at the age of four months by a loving couple. After the Ruckels brought Izidor to America, the effects of his abandonment and maltreatment became manifest.ДЄdapted to Adoption. In 1991, they adopted the then-11-year-old Izidor, who became one of the estimated 2,600 Romanian children who found new homes in America. Like thousands of American families, Danny and Marlys Ruckel were moved to action by the images. After Romanians revolted and executed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, the international news media beamed horrific images of the former Soviet bloc countryвЂ™s 100,000 institutionalized children across the world. When Izidor turned three, the hospital transferred him to the townвЂ™s Institute for Unsalvageables-an orphanage for children with supposedly irreparable mental or physical handicaps.

When his parents noticed something wrong with his leg, they took him to a hospital in Sighetu Marmatiei, eight hours away they never returned. He was also one of only two who survived. Information on their documentary, along with a trailer can be found on their websites, and six weeks of age, Izidor Ruckel was one of 41 children infected with polio when given injections at a Romanian hospital. They hope to help the multitude of orphans in Romania and around the world who long to be вЂњgiven their chanceвЂќ. They want the world to know that all children have worth and purpose when someone has faith and love in them. His previous feature length documentary вЂњBorn to be our Children, Romanian Adoption StoriesвЂќ won a Gold Remi at the Houston Worldfest in 2011, a screening at the LA Film and Music Festival in Beverly Hills, also in 2011, and вЂњA Rising Star AwardвЂќ at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2012.ДЄlex and Izidor were destined to come together to help raise awareness for adoption.

He has traveled around the United States as a public speaker, talking to groups and raising awareness for adoption.ДЄlex King found his voice in film. He wrote his autobiography, вЂњAbandoned for LifeвЂќ in 2002. Izidor Ruckel is an author and public speaker. Although they did not meet until 2012, they both shared a desire to tell their story and somehow help those children left behind. Both men were adopted from Romania as children. Alex and Izidor joined forces to create this documentary. Their documentary, вЂњGiven Our ChanceвЂќ, is an inspiring story of adoption. Alex and Izidor were overjoyed when they heard вЂњThe Platinum Remi Award for Independent Short Documentary goes to вЂњGiven Our ChanceвЂќ, Alex King Director and Izidor Ruckel Producer.вЂќ The ballroom fills with excitement as Hunter reads the bronze, then the silver, the gold and then platinum Remi winners. As Hunter Todd, Chairman and Founder of Worldfest, said in his opening monologue вЂњEveryone here tonight is a winnerвЂ¦.you are the best of the bestвЂќ. This year Worldfest Houston received over 4,500 entries from 33 countries. Worldfest notifies the winners, however they are not told what level they have won, Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum, until the evening of the awards ceremony. They were advised in March that their documentary had been chosen to win a prestigious Remi Award. FIlm Production and Editing and Izidor Ruckel of Ruckel International attended the awards ceremony for the 47th Worldfest International Independent Film Festival in Houston this past Saturday, April 12th.

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