Sibling Develops Life-Skills App

November 25, 2015

Nadia Hamilton, sibling of Troy, who has autism, developed a helpful life-skills app. Read BLOOM’s interview with her and learn more about the app, MagnusCards, described as “a free mobile app that allows users to collect and create decks of cards with images and text that walk them through each step of any everyday activity,…

Research – Call for Participants for Study of Siblings of People with High Functioning Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome

November 15, 2015

“My name is Elizabeth Apkin and I am completing my doctoral degree in clinical psychology at William James College. I am looking for people to participate in a research project on emerging adults’ experiences of having an older sibling with high functioning autism (HFA), or Asperger’s syndrome. As emerging adulthood is a developmental phase in 18-29 year…

Sesame Street Features Siblings in Autism Initiative

October 28, 2015

Sesame Street has recently released a new initiative to encourage autism acceptance, meant to help viewers “See Amazing in All Children.” As part of the the information they share, Sesame Street features helpful resources for siblings of children with autism. Visit their website for talking points and be sure to watch their featured sibling story…

All Too Familiar: A Story for National Siblings Day

April 10, 2013

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…

Media: Autism’s Invisible Victims: The Siblings

December 7, 2012

What do you all think about this? It strikes me as a pretty negative assessment? Do you think this type of interpretation is helpful? What would be a better way to frame the sibling experience? Read it here… -John

Ted Talk: Autism through a sibling’s eyes

November 5, 2012

News: Autism can have large effects, good and bad, on a disabled child’s siblings

September 4, 2012

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…

News: An autistic superhero: Brothers with autism create comic book series

June 20, 2012

Autism was a treacherous villain for Lonnie Smith and his two sons until they began looking at it more closely. As an infant, his oldest son, Kambel, was unusually withdrawn. By age 6, the boy had turned to “uncontrollable fits of rage.” “It was rough in the beginning,” Smith says. “I thought maybe he was…

News: Ten siblings support their autistic brother

May 15, 2012

(CNN) — Matthew Allen’s 10 brothers and sisters have grown up helping their parents take care of him. Ranging in age from 2 to 27, they are his playmates, his protectors, his teachers and his advocates. They taught him to talk, but they speak for him when he doesn’t have the words. And they all dread…

News: Autistic boy’s older brother designs iPad app that builds language skills

April 16, 2012

An autistic boy’s older brother created a new app for the iPad that helps promote functional and social skills. Jonathan Izak designed AutisMate so that users can add their own videos, pictures and voice recordings to create visual scenes, according to a news release. Jonathan’s brother, Oriel, 10, is autistic and struggles with verbal communication. “The design…

Sibling Develops Life-Skills App

Research – Call for Participants for Study of Siblings of People with High Functioning Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome

Sesame Street Features Siblings in Autism Initiative

All Too Familiar: A Story for National Siblings Day

Media: Autism’s Invisible Victims: The Siblings

Ted Talk: Autism through a sibling’s eyes

News: Autism can have large effects, good and bad, on a disabled child’s siblings

News: An autistic superhero: Brothers with autism create comic book series

News: Ten siblings support their autistic brother

News: Autistic boy’s older brother designs iPad app that builds language skills

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