Five Tips on How to Best Support a Sibling of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

• By: Marlene Cuevas, LCSW Nicole Hadley, CCLS The Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at UCI School of Medicine
• July 1st, 2019
• parenting, siblings, summer 2019 issue
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Being the sibling of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other medical or developmental diagnoses can have its challenges, but it can also provide opportunities in building resiliency and compassion towards family members and others. The Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental...

Providing a Safe Haven for Special Siblings

• By: Suzanne Muench, MSS, LCSW Melmark Pennsylvania
• April 1st, 2017
• family, siblings, spring 2017 issue, support
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We know that, in most families, the longest lasting relationship one has is with his or her sibling. When one of those siblings has a special need, the dynamic of this lifetime relationship can be significantly impacted. For some, a brother or sister learns to quickly adapt to new routines of...

Psychiatric Problems Common in Siblings of People with Autism

• By: Ann Griswold, PhD SPECTRUM
• July 1st, 2016
• family, mental health, research, science, siblings
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Psychiatric problems crop up more than twice as often in families that include a child with autism as in the general population. That’s the upshot of the most sweeping study to date of mental health in siblings of children with autism. The findings suggest that clinicians should look...