Why are we silencing the voices of marginalised and disadvantaged young people?

I work as a researcher in Australia and my passion is to work with marginalised and disadvantaged young people. In this piece I refer to my work with young people who are primary carers for members of their family,and young people deemed at risk of entering the juvenile justice system. I am constantly confronted by the ways in which these young people are silenced and excluded from conversations about their own lives and experiences.