We have a fairly lengthy article in our repository on the impact on siblings of having an ASD child in the family.

Some other articles I briefly read recently and are relevant can be found here , here , and also here.

As I have mentioned in other posts there is little doubt that K’s condition has an impact on his older sister. In an attempt to try to understand and ameliorate the situation I have been looking for information lately on sibling issues in ASD households. This is one article I came up with and as I get a chance to delve deeper into it I’m hoping to get some insight and we can develop some strategies to help K’s sister. Sometimes I think the neurotypical child, because they place relatively less demands on you as a parent, can fly under the radar. This is my attempt to help ensure this doesn’t happen but also to do that in an informed and helpful way.

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