Policy and Advocacy: Voting Resources
The SLN has created a Position Statement on Voting. Check it out here! We encourage siblings to support their brothers and sisters with disabilities to vote. Watch our new Voting video here!
Read MoreMedia: Fasten Your Seatbelt – A Crash Course on Down Syndrome on YouTube
Check this YouTube channel out from Brian Skotko and Susan Levine… -John Fasten Your Seatbelt: A Crash Course on Down Syndrome for Brothers and Sisters by Brian G. Skotko and Susan P. Levine is the first book written exclusively for teens with a brother or sister with Down syndrome. In an easy-to-read, question-and-answer format, nearly…
Read MoreMovie: “Finding Fred” available on Sproutflix
Finding Fred shows the development of love, admiration and enormous devotion between two brothers once separated by the Willowbrook State School, an institution for “children with mental retardation.” The filmmaker gently guides a discussion about the past, present, and future, showing that with support, everyone can learn. This is a love story of brothers reunited.…
Read MoreNews: Hearing Voices in the Clutter
By Margaret Carlson- HOUSES, if we look and listen, have secrets to tell us. I didn’t fully understand my parents until I finally faced up to emptying their house. Doing so would have been hard at any time, but it was even harder because I had waited 20 years after their deaths. Not by choice,…
Read MoreEvent: FILM SCREENING OF “COWBOY SONG”
Press Release: For Immediate Release FILM SCREENING OF “COWBOY SONG” new film at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA FILMMAKER PRESENT! Thursday, September 27, 2012, 7-9pm Screening to benefit the Massachusetts Sibling Support Network (see here for flyer or here for the smaller version) About the Film Cowboy Song is a powerful film about two…
Read MoreAnnouncement: Check out “Side by Side: Growing up with a brother or sister with a disability”
From Siblings Australia… If someone in your family has a disability or developmental delay (referred to as a disability in this booklet) this information will help you to understand: the concerns that brothers and sisters of the child with a disability may have; how concerns might show in the way brothers and sisters behave; why…
Read MoreNews: Autism can have large effects, good and bad, on a disabled child’s siblings
From the Washington Post… -John By: Ranit Mishori One of the least fun moments I recall from my years of growing up with an autistic brother was when he bit me on the cheek — just in time for my class photo. I was 12 and he was 11. I went into school with visible bite…
Read MoreReminder: TODAY (9/4) – The Importance of Including Siblings in Family Future Planning
The Importance of Including Siblings in Family Future Planning Tuesday, September 4, 2012 2:00 to 3:00 PM EDT While the thought of planning for a future after a parent or caregiver is no longer able to provide care can be overwhelming, future planning is a necessary process for families. Because siblings often provide support to…
Read MoreEvent: Cowboy Song film screening with Q&A
If you are in the New England area, please consider joining us! Please join us for a benefit screening of COWBOY SONG, and a Q&A with director Marie Regan on Thursday, September 27th at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline. COWBOY SONG is a personal film about two adult brothers (one with profound disabilities), aging…
Read MoreAnnouncement: Register for The Arc convention before Sept 3 and save
Register now for The Arc’s 2012 National Convention and International Forum in Washington, D.C. October 25-28 before early registration discounts end September 3. This year, The Arc will be joined by Inclusion International, a global federation of family-based organizations advocating for the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We’ll gather at the Grand…
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