I am a mom to five children.

‘I didn’t realise I had been living a different life to others, as I started the role of caregiving at a very young age,’

‘I felt so isolated and a bit lost without my family and friends close by.'

‘It's made me a stronger person, a more resilient person.’

Bec cares for her three children, Oliver, Theodore and Gwendolyn, who each require different levels of care.

Gary cares for his stepson, Ryan, who was born with Cerebral Palsy

'The boys like to do the right thing and they don’t like failure'

'The stress of juggling Jovie’s appointments around work, or re-scheduling my work for her appointments, was really difficult.'

'Teachers in regular schools weren’t used to working with people with severe disabilities, and people had a hard time understanding our culture,'

Sonia and her four children in a NSW village. She and her three older children provide full-time care for her youngest son, Darcy. Her husband drives trucks, so he is away often.