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EASTON, PA (NOVEMBER 4, 2020) — November is National Adoption Month, and a Lehigh Valley high school senior is taking her message to the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cChinese adoption and adoption, in general, is something that is not often talked about,\u201d says Ayden Lincoln, an 18-year-old Chinese American Easton high school student.\u00a0 \u201dDespite my struggles after being adopted from an orphanage in China, I wouldn\u2019t change a thing,\u201d adds Ayden, who was found in a shoebox in a train station in China with her umbilical cord still intact.<\/p>\n
The police brought the fragile 3.3-pound infant to the orphanage, where she spent nearly the entire first year of life in a crib. The experience impacted her brain development and resulted in a flat skull. Luckily, Ayden was adopted before her first birthday by her adoptive parents from Easton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy adoptive parents are wonderful, beautiful people who began the long, arduous adoption process in 2001, a year before I was born,\u201d adds the blossoming high school senior.<\/p>\n
Ayden recently penned several guest columns for national websites including: Ayden’s Story: Abandonment, Adoption, and Perseverance | Human Defense<\/a>\u00a0 as seen at Human Defense Initiative. She has also written for LiveAction.<\/p>\n Her aspirations of a career in communications and becoming a journalist is just one way the National Honor Society student wishes to bring her talents and insight to others.<\/p>\n As a social media influencer, Ayden, who has 13K followers on Twitter, says, \u201cI hope my story can teach someone like me that they aren\u2019t alone. Everyone has their unique struggles \u2014 some worse than others,\u201d observes the student.<\/p>\n \u201cReaching out to someone, even if it\u2019s a crisis hotline, really does make a difference. There will always be people who tell you \u201cjust get over it\u201d and \u201cit\u2019s all in your head. But you have to find your techniques to cope and your support system,\u201d implores the dual major senior.<\/p>\n Ayden is currently completing her honor studies with courses at Northampton Community College. She and her parents also want to encourage those considering adoption to take steps to do so. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten so many messages from people saying thank you as they share their own stories, which makes me happy. Hopefully, I will continue to inspire others to adopt and not give up, no matter how hard it is. — it\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n Follow Ayden, on Twitter @AydenLincoln, on Instagram @AydenLincoln, or visit www.aydenlincoln.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Information and image provided by: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EASTON, PA (NOVEMBER 4, 2020) — November is National Adoption Month, and a Lehigh Valley high school senior is taking her message to the world. \u201cChinese adoption and adoption, … Continue reading Chinese American Adoptee, Influencer Inspires Others to Consider Adoption, Find Love and Belonging Easton High School Student Adds National Guest Columnist for Adoption to Her Accomplishments<\/span>
\nTina Bradford
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