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Alice Peacock

Incredible girl, 8, is carer for her two disabled siblings - and wants to help others

An incredible eight-year-old girl helps care for her two older disabled siblings - one of whom is twice her age - and is even teaching her brother a form of sign language.

Schoolgirl Ivy Stedman, the youngest of mum Ellie Hepburn-Coates' six children, lives with two of her siblings, Kate and Harry, at their home in Plymouth.

Kate, 17, has Asbergers and Harry, who recently turned 10, lives with Bartter Syndrome (a rare kidney disorder which affects around one in a million people), Global Development Delay, ADHD, hearing and speech issues.

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