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@DigitalDCstudy

@Wellcometrust research study @socstudiesshef exploring informal donor conception in the digital age. Follow for project updates and DC news.

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Joined June 2023
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Welcome to the Twitter feed for the Digital DC research study. This research will explore how people respond to, experience and practice informal donor conception in the digital age.
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New pub! This was an absurdly ambitious piece of work that nearly drowned me BUT it’s ended up saying some important things about research on digital tech use by families with very young children. 🧵tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Digital media and technology use by families with infants, toddlers, and young children: A scoping...

Digital media and technology use by families with infants, toddlers, and young children: A scoping...

Digital technologies are a common part of everyday life for families with young children (aged 0–8). Despite public anxiety around this reality, much of the current guidance for families and practi...

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Our report from the Digital Childhoods Summit is online! With international and domestic discussions on banning children and young people from #socialmedia, the report is a timely contribution will inform stakeholders working with and for #children digitalchild.org.au/research…
New from the Digital Child Digital Childhoods in Australia, a landscape report Here's a few key messages...

ALT New from the Digital Child Digital Childhoods in Australia, a landscape report Here's a few key messages...

Age restrictions to social media may cut children off from support, resources, and networks that benefit them.

ALT Age restrictions to social media may cut children off from support, resources, and networks that benefit them.

Commit to co-design. Children and young people are the experts on their own needs and requirements.

ALT Commit to co-design. Children and young people are the experts on their own needs and requirements.

Read the full report on the Digital Child website.

ALT Read the full report on the Digital Child website.

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🚨 NEXT EVENT 🚨30 September, 7-8pm UK time. We're collaborating with @EBerryTweets & @CHASE_writers to bring you a Reproductive Creative Writing Workshop - an online, practical workshop focused on medical / health creative writing. Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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New @PET_BioNews blog by @Leahgilman84 makes the case for moving beyond a 'just say no' approach to informal donor conception. This will improve support and recognition for the parents and their children and families & donors who do take this route. shorturl.at/whWid

Informal donor conception: beyond 'just say no' | PET

When informal sperm donation is actively discouraged, so is discussion around it, writes Dr Leah Gilman...

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Thought you'd missed your chance? Think again! Registration has been extended for this fantastic FREE conference 💚🩷
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Unreal lineup for the upcoming Reproductive Justice NOW conference at UCL 😻 happening on 8th-9th May, convened by our amazing visiting fellow @Carolina_Topini and featuring so many incredible #repro academics and activists
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PET@PET_BioNews10 Apr 2024
‘Screening donors: New challenges in the UK #fertility landscape’. This thought-provoking piece discusses how #geneticscreening of #gametedonor can give rise to ethical questions. Read in BioNews: progress.org.uk/screening-do… #ttc #donorsperm #donoreggs #eggdonor #spermdonor #DNA
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Sign up to our mailing list and be the first to received news about progress, events and outputs relating to the project: sites.google.com/sheffield.a…
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Delighted to be speaking at the BICA Annual Conference this year (I'll be sharing early insights from our @DigitalDCstudy). Looking forward to some interesting discussions.
BICA (@BICAuk) profile pictureBICA@BICAuk24 Mar 2024
Join us for Dr. Leah Gilman's "Informal Donor Conception:Moving Beyond a ‘Just Say No’ Approach" Don't miss her insights on rethinking donor conception. bica.net #BICA2024
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How can we talk with children about finding ways to balance their digital media use? We hope these Stories by Digital Children, co-written with children aged 5-12, will spark conversations between families, and between educators and children. Find the books at… 1/2
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📢 We are looking to speak to children living in UK and born through international surrogacy for Phase 3 of Children's Voices in Surrogacy Law! Funded by @engage_bristol and @KentLawSchool All info 👉 childrensvoices.bristol.ac.u… – at Bristol, England
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#LGBTMummies new free resource “LGBTQ+ Inclusive Maternity Notes” specifically for LGBTQ+ people to use to share their history,details & journey through the Maternity journey. pls share far & wide & support LGBTQ+ families to feel safer, better understood lgbtmummies.com/resources
LGBT Resources — LGBT Mummies

LGBT Resources — LGBT Mummies

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Qualitative researcher/senior researcher post at UCL on study about health visiting for families living with adversity. Study already started, mixed methods, great team, important topic. Closing 15th April .ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search… @Klharron @sally_kendall
UCL – University College London

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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We are now launching the second phase of the digital donor conception study. We would love to hear from parents or donors with experience of 'informal' (i.e. non-clinical) routes to donor conception in the UK. RTs hugely appreciated
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Please consider sharing to help us spread the word @prideangel @modamily @DCUK_official @D_C_Network @DonorConcierge @CoParents_couk @ManchesterPride @stonewalluk @GayParentMag @FertilityNUK @NatalieGamble_ @NGambleAssoc @anestmathias @BNRainbowFamly
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@adamhooperdonor @theOSDproject @blackfertilitys @thestorkandi @JustABaby_app @disparenting @MotherhoodGroup
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Super excited for the upcoming London launch of my book Making Gaybies, generously organised & sponsored by @GHSMatKCL, the Reproduction Research Cluster and Queer@Kings. London/UK friends, come along! @DukePress kcl.ac.uk/events/book-talk-m…
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We are very pleased to welcome @attaboyerin Alexus (Lexie) Davis as a researcher on the project this month. Lexie's PhD explores the birth stories of first nations Australian women. She is also a published poet and qualified doula. sites.google.com/sheffield.a…
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A thought-provoking article from the BBC on the issues facing female same-sex couples in accessing NHS fertility treatment💭 Read more ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66927609 #lgbtfamily #fertility #fertilitytreatment #lgbtq #modernfamily #donor #donorconception
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