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Alex Kaspin is a non-binary survivor who was taken into State care as a young child and experienced more than 20 placements before being discharged from care at the age of 17. Alex shared their experiences of sexual, psychological and physical abuse while in foster care and the impacts that this abuse has had on them. Within this, Alex talked about their continued experience with Oranga Tamariki after leaving care and what drove them to choose an open adoption for their own two tamariki.