@aimeeshack

Donor Conceived Advocate| #DCP| Apple Distinguished Educator |#ADE | born 🇦🇺 kin 🇬🇧🇺🇸| views mine

 Melbourne, Australia
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Joined February 2009
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Thrilled to announce I have been selected again this year as an Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Looking forward to continue working with the Australian #MIEExpert team - as well as internationally. @MSAUedu @MicrosoftEDU
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Great article from the @DailyMailAU, sharing Lyndal’s story. When will the media stop referring to fully grown adults as a “donor baby”? #donorconception #ivf #spermdonor #dcp
Daily Mail Australia@DailyMailAU22 Jun 2025
I'm a donor baby and wanted to find out if I had any siblings... nothing could have prepared me for the result trib.al/r7590rT

Aussie donor baby tracks down 77 siblings - and there might be more

A Brisbane woman was given the shock of a lifetime after uncovering the extraordinary number of siblings she has.

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If you’re into #donorconception consider giving @DC_Aust a follow (again): new account to replace old one that was lost. It’s stuck in X purgatory for the algorithm to decide robo/real so any interactions with real accounts over the next few weeks will help. #donorconceived
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Jon Harper
@Jonharper70bd12 May 2024
I appreciate Jose's thinking when it comes to helping our students become mathematicians. He emphasizes relationships and connections, and I think that is where we have fallen short. This piece left me hopeful. edutopia.org/article/jose-vi… via @borywrites @TheJoseVilson @edutopia

José Vilson: Good Math Education Is a ‘Civil Right’

The middle school math teacher, author, and lecturer, on holding high expectations for every child and prioritizing mathematics in the same way we do literacy.

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New Scientist
@newscientist13 May 2024
Sperm whale calls are far more complex than we thought – and could be an animal communication system that is the closest thing to human language discovered yet. newscientist.com/article/242…

Sperm whale clicks could be the closest thing to a human language yet | New Scientist

An analysis of thousands of exchanges between sperm whales suggests they combine short click patterns into longer sequences that could convey a wide range of meanings

newscientist.com
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Aurora Australis from our balcony. A lifelong dream of mine to see the lights one day, never thought it would be from my own home. #nofilter #auroraaustralis #aurora #solarstorm #southernlights #auroraborealis
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Interesting development, that I’m looking forward to learning more about how it might impact consumers. #donorconception #23andme #dnatest #genetictesting #donorconceived #dcp
Debbie Kennett 🧬🌳@DebbieKennett18 Apr 2024
Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe, is considering taking the company private. finance.yahoo.com/news/23and… #GeneticGenealogy
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If you live in Sydney and loved #Inconceivable - or haven't caught it yet bit want to know more - come to Epping @parralibrary tomorrow Thurs 3 Nov 630pm. I'll be talking about my book Brave New Humans and the film. Also it's free! #donorconception #books #documentary
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One night to go! Tune in 830pm Tuesday 1 Nov on @SBS for #Inconceivable, a gobsmacking interrogation of #donorconception in Australia #auspol #media #medicine #humanrights or catch up on SBS On Demand
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Trish Crossin AM@trishcrossin25 Oct 2022
Replying to @sarahdingle_ @JennaPrice @SBS
Looking forward to this…..and an insight into an industry that still has no national database or regulation and needs to make it easier for donor conceived people to access information
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“I swear, the bag of shredded paper just exploded, Mum!” 🙄 instagr.am/p/CiPN4KTPZhK/
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Lily @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia instagram.com/p/CeijqwRvZta/… – at Melbourne, Victoria
Rex @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia instagram.com/p/CeijnEYPzH1/… – at Melbourne, Victoria
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Damian H Adams@damian_h_adams24 Apr 2022
Great article and excerpt from Lauren Burns book on her donor conception journey. A must read for any people involved in donor conception. #SpermDonor #DonorConceived theage.com.au/lifestyle/life…

A long-held family secret turned my world upside-down

“Dad’s not your biological father.” I couldn’t compute what my mum said. There was a long pause.

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Alice Leung@aliceleung25 Apr 2022
“We have capable, knowledgeable, passionate teachers out there in classrooms, right now. But they can only take their students so far without community trust in their expertise.” smh.com.au/education/childre…

Children are back in the classroom, but teachers are weighing up their options

With declining levels of trust in their professional judgment, is it any wonder teachers are looking for an escape route?

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Vikki Petraitis@VikkiPetraitis8 Apr 2022
Big announcement! Last year, I entered my PhD novel into the inaugural Allen & Unwin Crime fiction prize and it won! A&U are doing the cover reveal at midday today. My novel, The Unbelieved, is out in August.
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So excited to see this news and can’t wait to read the book @VikkiPetraitis! #TheUnbelieved #CrimeFiction #winner #novel
Allen & Unwin@AllenAndUnwin9 Apr 2022
Allen & Unwin are thrilled to announce that the winner of our inaugural Crime Fiction Prize is @VikkiPetraitis for her debut crime fiction novel, #TheUnbelieved, to be published on 2 August.
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Huge. After 80+ years of #donorconception in Australia, here's the first org for #donorconceived ppl - RUN BY donor conceived ppl. This is what self-determination looks like. No more 'experts' or would-be parents opining. You want to talk #donorconception? Ask DCPs. #media #IVF
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