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Feature Week: Family and Community - Growing up with disabled siblings

Submitted by Hayley Crane on Tue, 29/11/2011 - 11:47
tags: association of children with a disability, Australia, childhood, disability, growing up, Interview, joseph dunstan, melbourne city mission, schooling, siblings

 Growing up with siblings can already be tricky enough.
 
But for children who have a disabled sibling, this can mean taking on adult responsibilities early.
 
Joseph Dunstan spoke with Gemma Holleran (now a Sibling Worker at the Association for Children with a Disability), and Michael Casha, now a university student.

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Feature Week: Family and Community - Homelessness in Melbourne

Submitted by Emma Buckley Lennox on Fri, 25/11/2011 - 16:31
tags: frontyard, homelessness, Interview, joseph dunstan, melbourne, melbourne city mission, police, streets, young people

There are over 7, 000 young homeless people in Victoria. For homeless youth, the city at night is a dangerous place.
 
Reporter Joseph Dunstan follows the story of Brian.

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