Born small, STANDING TALL

Angie Clucas, 51, Darwin, NT

I was five years old and, clutching my bag, I felt nervous and excited, waiting outside the classroom on my first day of school.

‘Look at her,’ came the immediate call from some kid pointing at me, then a chorus of laughter followed.

The nerves in my tummy immediately squashed any feeling of excitement and, as the day went on, dread enveloped me.

‘Let’s put her in a pram,’ someone suggested during that first week.