Support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 January Support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people Support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people 13/01/2021 | 3 MINS Dr Melissa O'Donnell, an NHMRC Early Career Fellow, psychologist, and Research Associate at LIT, argues that legal support for disadvantaged young people must be extended until age 21. As we move into a New Year, and bid farewell to the end of 2020, we can look forward to the special occasions and celebrations shared with family that 2021 will bring. For anyone who is 17, 2021 marks the year they ΓÇÿofficiallyΓÇÖ move from adolescence to adulthood, and all the opportunities and responsibilities that turning 18 holds. However, for more than 200 young people in Western Australia, their 18th birthday also marks the day they effectively lose the support of their legal guardian. Unlike young people who have grown up in a family with their birth parents and are leaving home at an older age than ever, those who have grown up in state care will be left alone on their 18th birthday. Left to navigate

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 January Support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people Support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people 13/01/2021 | 3 MINS Dr Melissa O'Donnell, an NHMRC Early Career Fellow, psychologist, and Research Associate at LIT, argues that legal support for disadvantaged young people must be extended until age 21.

As we move into a New Year, and bid farewell to the end of 2020, we can look forward to the special occasions and celebrations shared with family that 2021 will bring.

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