Published: October 14, 2018
Being a student and a carer isn’t easy. We are alone, isolated and find it almost impossible to stay enrolled
I loved my first year at the Australian National University. I had landed a scholarship and found myself at college. I felt an overwhelming sense of relief – I’d managed to escape the poverty of country New South Wales and establish a safe haven for myself.
It was like walking in two worlds. I would talk to my parents on the phone every night, as they tried to make ends meet on the disability support and carers’ pensions, but, when I hung up on those phone calls, I could go about my new university life.
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