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Children With Disabilities: Understanding Sibling Issues
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First Person: My Brother by Karl Taro Greenfeld |
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For Siblings of the Autistic, a Burdened Youth - When Mark Plage, 15,
forgets to padlock the door of his bedroom, his 13-year-old autistic
brother, Derek, barges in and leaves the place a shambles. When Mark tries
to toss a football with Derek, the boy turns his back and walks away.
Mark's mother, by her own admission, used to scream at him for the smallest
thing, unable to contain her frustration with Derek. Mark often wished she
would come to his ice hockey games with his father. But Debi Plage had to
stay home with her disabled son by Jane Gross / NY TImes |
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Living with impairment: the effects on children of
having an autistic sibling by
Patricia Howlin. Looking first at previous research into how siblings are
affected by having an autistic brother or sister, Professor Howlin then
goes on to suggest some very practical steps parents can take to alleviate
problems in family relationships. |
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Siblings Have Special Needs, Too by By: Ivanhoe Newswire |
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Sibling Issues |
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Siblings Needs:
Helpful Information To Parents |
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Siblings of Children
with Disabilities Eric |
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Special Siblings by Stephen
Rothenberg, Psy.D. |
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Teach Siblings to Understand Asperger Syndrome by Barbara Fowler
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The Sibling Side-
Almost every kid on the Spectrum has a Sibling. Their issues are
unique and important to the family unit as well. |
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