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SLN Board Member Spotlight: Angela Martin

Tell us about yourself and siblings. I am the eldest of four siblings with two younger brothers and a younger sister. My sister experiences an intellectual and developmental disabilities. When is the first time you got involved in sibling support and advocacy? This is somewhat difficult to pinpoint, but it was probably when I was…
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Sibling Support Program: A Family-Centered Mental Health Initiative at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center of UMass Medical School

Emily Rubin is a member of the Sibling Leadership and a Program Associate for the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Mental Health Program at Franciscan Hospital for Children in Massachusetts. Rubin recently developed the Sibling Support Program: A Family-Centered Mental Health Initiative at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center of UMass Medical School to address the complex needs of…
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Day of Mourning on March 1st: Honoring the Memory of People with Disabilities Killed By Family Members or Caregivers

For the last five years, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, ADAPT, Not Dead Yet, the National Council on Independent Living, the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund and other disability rights organizations have come together at local vigils across the country to remember disabled victims of filicide–disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. This day,…
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Brother’s Career Inspired by Sister with a Disability

Daniel Scott is the Ronald McDonald playroom coordinator at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Scott, whose older sister, Sam, experiences seizures, shares in an interview how growing up with a sibling with a disability influenced his career and the way he runs the playroom. He discusses the important ways in which he brings siblings of children…
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President Obama Releases His Last Budget Proposal

by Rachel Patterson, SLN Communications Chair On February 9, President Obama released the last budget proposal of his administration. The President’s Budget is known as his “budget request” because it is just that – a request. Congress holds the purse strings in Washington, but the budgeting process starts with the President making requests for funding…
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Sibling Story on the Radio

The Ottawa Morning radio show recently featured a story of two siblings who found themselves with only each other after their mother passed away. In the story, Helen reflects on her successes and failures in becoming the sole caregiver of her sibling, Paul, who has Down syndrome. According to the clip, “[Helen’s] plan was to maintain the…
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