Article 610S2 ‘Young people are invisible’: family violence survivors falling through cracks at crisis services

‘Young people are invisible’: family violence survivors falling through cracks at crisis services

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Stephanie Convery
from World news | The Guardian on (#610S2)

Many teens and young adults are caught between systems for supporting adults and the child protection system

Matilda* was well into her 20s before she fully recognised that she had experienced family violence growing up.

I didn't really know what it was, I just knew something wasn't right," she says. It wasn't physical violence; it was emotional, psychological and financial. And it was impacting the whole family dynamic."

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