Check out this great story in Autism Spectrum News about the impacts of siblings when raising a child on the spectrum.
“Deliberate or not, poor planning or simply naiveté, growing up alongside three boys and a girl has been very, very good for Jack. He eats what they eat, when they eat. He takes a bath at bath time, he goes to bed when they go to bed – in a room he shares with his three brothers and a puppy. He wears itchy khaki pants and a button-down shirt on holidays because our family dresses up on holidays. He says a prayer before dinner because our family begins the evening meal with a few moments of quiet.”
Read The Siblings of Autism
