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Eleven-year-old Anastasia uses singing to calm down.

The student at Perth’s Challis Community primary school – located in an area with high unemployment, high rates of violence and low income – suffers from Tourette syndrome. Worse, her mother has cancer. But Anastasia has a big voice and writes her own songs.

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