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Siblings

Professional authors, researchers, and, of course, families have described how the presence of a child with a disability powerfully affects each sibling individually as well as the relationship between siblings.

Some websites for sibling support are:http://www.siblingsupport.org

www.siblingsupport.org
Web site of The Sibling Support Project, a national effort dedicated to the life-long concerns of brothers and sisters of people who have special health, developmental, or mental health concerns.
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs1.htm
Type in sibling and/or sibling relationships

Some articles on this Roadmap:

What Siblings Would like Parents and Service Providers to Know by Donald Meyer, Director, The Sibling Support Project of the Arc of the US, Seattle, Washington
Meeting the Unique Concerns of Brother and Sisters of People with Special Needs by Donald Meyer

Some Books for sibling support are:

Living with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs by Donald J. Meyer, Patricia F. Vadasy and Rebecca R. Fewell
Brothers and Sisters – A Special Part of Exceptional Families by Thomas H. Powell and Peggy Abrehold Ogle
Katie’s Premature Brother by Elizabeth Hawkins-Walsh
My extra Special Brother by Carly Heyman
Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with
A Disability by Mary McHugh



	HIGHLIGHTS There is an energy in us which makes things happen when the paths of other persons touch ours. from the Monks of Weston Priory