The report indicated the importance of obtaining a genetic history of a child entering foster care or the adoption process. Getting information With the growing number of persons with access to technology such as the Internet, adoptees are availed of new options for pursuing their information. Some states have changed laws such that the non-identifying information that was once sealed can be retrieved from the agency or court which was involved in the adoption. Unfortunately, there has been little effort in standardizing the type of information which is collected from biological families to ensure that it is useful to the parties involved. This limits the usefulness of the history that is collected, even if it is ultimately obtained by the adoptee.
Adoptees are at risk of being left behind the current wave of exciting and useful technologies.
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