Attachment

with an

Accent

Adelaide Eleanor Dupont

10 April 2010
By the time you read Attachment with an Accent, it
will have been 10 years since Candace Tiara Elmore,
a 10-year-old girl, died on 18th April 2000.

Ten years on, survivors of coercive therapies such as,

or similar to, the ones she experienced, are speaking
and writing more widely about their experiences.

The proverb You can’t go home again is a very true

saying, for most people in most situations.

It means, generally, that you can’t go back to the

circumstances of your birth.

And, yet, I read just now on the Internet about a

Russian-born boy returning to Russia from America.
He has been deported.

This is during the time that the US and Russia are

making an agreement that neither side will use
nuclear weapons against the other.

Because of this young man, Russia is again saying

that they will not allow their children to be adopted
to the US.

But it is not only because of him.

As you will see and read, you will find out about
young children like David Polreis. He died in 1997.
I would like to say thank you and acknowledge the
survivors who have spoken out about their
experiences, and the professionals who have stood
out and stuck their necks, often in the face of legal
threats and threats to their security and safety, in
various fora from the Internet to face-to-face.

Two years ago, at Easter time (26th March 2008), I

began to read Darkness Visible.

Roughly contemporaneous [within two years] of the

treatment of Candace Elmore (Newmaker), a
survivor told her story.

Over the past two years, I have seen many comments

and opinions in regard to this and experiences like
it.

Over time, other survivors began to tell their stories.

Until that time, many had been isolated.

The mission widened too. It became about exposing

the doctors and therapists in whose authority these
practices had been done. It also became about
finding allies. And it became about educating the
public.

It also became about celebrating the survivors’

creativity with art and reading. They could now
enjoy these things in the context of their whole
lives.
Please do the right thing and look beyond the
headlines.

We have examined a lot of aspects in the United

States and internationally: including the things we
are traditionally not supposed to talk about –
religion, politics and sex.
Chronological Table of Contents

History 2009-January 2010-January

Before 2008
2009-February 2010-February
2008-
February 2009-March 2010-March

2008-March 2009-April 2010-April

2008-April 2009-May Current Events

After 2010
2008-May 2009-June

2008-June 2009-July

2008-July 2009-August

2009-
September

2009-October

2009-
November

2009-
December
Geographical Regions Table of Contents

EUROPE NORTH SOUTH AUSTRALIA ASIA AFRICA

AMERICA AMERICA

United United Haiti Victoria China Ethiopia

Kingdom States of
America
France Canada Guatemala New South Vietnam
Wales
Netherlands Brazil South Thailand
Australia
Germany Queensland
Austria Northern
Territory
Romania Western
Australia
Czech Australian
Republic Capital
Territory
Slovakia
Survivor Accounts Table of Contents

Wayward Radish
Katrina (part 1) (part 2)
Mia (part 1) (part 2)
Renee
Gravelle
Ginger

Please note, that unless noted, these are the pen

names of the above survivors.

Please note, also, that some of the accounts are

interviews.

All accounts linked to here come from A Search for

Survivors (2008 – present).

If you are a survivor and are reading Attachment

with an Accent, I would love to hear from you!