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Brief
Report:
Behavioral
Adjustment
of
Siblings
of
Children
with
Autism
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Children
With
Disabilities:
Understanding
Sibling
Issues
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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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HAPPIER ENDINGS - "...While others showed off a pet or a grandparent,
Julie brought in the district's autism expert. Her brother, A.J., 19, has
Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism, by
Doug Erickson |
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Help for siblings of autistic children - 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, by Jane Gross |
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Sibling
Issues
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Siblings
Have
Special
Needs, Too
by By:
Ivanhoe
Newswire
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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 invisible ones
- In the auditorium of the Miami Children's Hospital,
20 or more healthy 8 to 13-year-olds gather each month. It is for them a
time of fun - of games, crafts, lunch and a special sharing. Each is
the sibling (or, perhaps, a cousin) of a child with a health or
developmental need. Paul Puleo's sister has seizures. Emma
Ritter's brother has spina bifida. Karla Grullon's brother has Down
syndrome. Alejandra Avila's brother has cerebral palsy. Grace Kightley,
like most in the group, has an autistic brother. These kids, the
healthy ones, have unique issues that can be shared and understood in
Sibshops (as the group is known). |
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The
Sibling
Side-
Almost
every kid
on the
Spectrum
has a
Sibling
and the
issues
that arise
can be
everything
from
explaining
Autism to
them to
giving
them a
support
group of
their own.
Here
you'll
find that
and more.
A good
Parent and
Sibling
resource
page.
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"I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical.
Even God had some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin."
~ Jerry Newport