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A Sister Shares Why Her Brother with Down Syndrome Isn’t “Cute”

In this blog post for the Ruderman Family Foundation, Maggie Heffernan, who has a brother with Down syndrome, shares the importance of changing the rhetoric around Down syndrome in order to change perceptions. Read the incredibly poignant, insightful blog post: “My Brother Is Not Cute – He’s a Badass“
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Lessons Learned from a Sibling with a Disability in the Workforce

Erin Coleman, a board member of the SLN’s Colorado Chapter, Sibling Tree, recently shared insight on lessons she learned when her brother entered the workforce in a blog post for the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC). Sibling Tree and Colorado’s DDC have been working together on the publication of the SibsCorner feature. Read Erin’s post – SibsCorner:…
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A Sibling with a Disability Interviews Her Typical Siblings

In a blog post, Tonia, who has cerebral palsy, asked each of four her siblings to share their honest reflections on what it was like growing up with a sister who is disabled. Tonia’s insightful questions encouraged her siblings to elaborate on their personal feelings and experiences in regard to how they were treated by…
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Siblings: The Club Sandwich Generation

By Amy Halm I am a trainee through the family discipline of the Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities program and the sister of a great lady with Down syndrome. Recently, I had opportunity to attend The Arc of Illinois Executive Forum Leadership Conference. I was looking forward to the entire conference and…
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All Too Familiar: A Story for National Siblings Day

One Tuesday night this winter, I was babysitting my friends’ children, three-year-old Eliza* and one-year-old Mitchell.* I watch them on a weekly basis, so I have a working knowledge of their routines and habits. But on that particular Tuesday, Eliza did something I didn’t expect. When she noticed her brother Mitchell getting a little fussy…
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Blog: Sing Me Back Home

Good evening everyone- I just got back from the 4th annual Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters conference. I really enjoyed meeting friends, old and new and, surprisingly, far and wide. I wish it could have lasted just a little bit longer, though I always feel that way. In reflecting on this trip, I found myself…
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Blog: Growing up with Plato

From our very own Regina Sullivan- “Many people ask me what it was like growing up with a brother with classic autism. Well, I tell them, “When I was younger the world was a very different place. Back then, very few people knew about autism and only a handful had any clue on how to…
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Life rearranged blog post about siblings

An interesting story about siblings from a parents perspective… “She belongs to an elite group….this daughter of ours. Kaia is an older sibling to a child with special needs. Those siblings make up an elite group. At least in my eyes. She sometimes goes without because of Blake’s disability, without much complaining. She carries a…
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Sibling Stories – New Blog from the Sibling Support Project

Presented by the Sibling Support Project, Sibling Stories features compelling essays about the sibling relationship written by those who know it best. Check back frequently for new installments. If you have an essay you’d like published on Sibling Stories, please drop us a line at donmeyer@siblingsupport.org. Go here to read more Sibling Stories
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