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Young Carer Stories

My mum and I

Hi I’m Dylan, I’m 12 and my mum and myself have a dual carer role. Both my mum and I experience mental health issues.
I have grown up with the best mum in the world even though she has her struggles and I have to pitch in more than your average kid she always shows me love.
She loves watching me draw and I’m getting quite good, that’s what I do to chill out after a busy day.

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What has it taught me?

Hi, my name is Katrine and I provide care for my my youngest sister and my mum. I have been a young carer for 10 years, my sister has a severe intellectual disability and severe autism; my mum has fibromyalgia. I provide care because I love my family and I don’t want to see them […]
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Sophie’s story

Hi! I am Sophie. I am 13 years old and I live in Melbourne Victoria. It’s been 1 year since I have been a young carer for my brother.  I am the oldest of 3 kids in our family.  My brother, was diagnosed with autism when he was 3.5 years old and could not talk […]
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New day

Hello friends. My name is Mohammad and I’ve been a carer since my grandmother and grandfather lived with us. They both had terminal illness with my nan having Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and died in 2013 and my pop had bowel cancer and died in 2010. I was only 10 then. By the time they both passed, […]
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