R-Word – Spread the Word to End the Word

March 2, 2011

FYI- this is an issue near and dear to many of our siblings with disabilities. Take a minute and check it out! -John “Everyone has a gift and the world would be better off if we recognized it.” – Timothy Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics. The effects of the R-word on people with…

Eva Longoria talking about her sister

March 1, 2011

Eva Longoria, talking about having a sister with I/DD: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Siblings and disabilities

January 5, 2011

Scott Pion is a 26-year-old graduate student — and the brother of two men with autism spectrum disorder. In interviews with Sonya Chudgar for The Chapel Hill Herald, Pion talked about the intense needs of his older brother, Matt, and the intense closeness and protectiveness he feels for his younger brother, Kevin, whose disability lands…

Parallel Lives: Having A Twin With Mental Illness

January 4, 2011

Composer Allen Shawn’s twin sister, Mary, was diagnosed with autism and sent to an institution when they were 8 years old. He writes about his relationship with Mary — and his feelings of survivor’s guilt — in a new memoir, Twin. Read/listen to the rest here…

Caring for people with disabilities calls for unified efforts

December 29, 2010

By Eric Mitchell In response to Mary Paulsen and Carola Zitzmann’s op-ed, ”Developmentally disabled need safe, secure home” (Opinion, Dec. 11), my friend and colleague Laura Boswell and I want to share some information with the thousands of Utahns who have a family member with a disability. We are siblings of persons with intellectual disabilities,…

A decision for Apple Valley hockey star: Unique family bond, responsibilities shed light on choices

December 17, 2010

Thanks to my friend Paul for sending along this story: “Cooper,” he cooed, squeezing his unresponsive sibling’s frail shoulder before curling up next to him in bed – a tall, broad-chested athlete beside a small, crooked boy. It’s hard to imagine the 6-3, 200-pound Fasching could have had a much different life – one perhaps…

Siblings Of Sick Kids Learn A Life Lesson Early

December 6, 2010

From our friends at Vanderbilt, courtesy of NPR; Children who have siblings with chronic illnesses or disabilities often find their lives are constantly interrupted by medical emergencies that trump regular kid cares like birthday parties and soccer games. These children learn at an early age to put another person’s needs first and are often better…

Where’s Molly?

December 2, 2010

From CBS… “Where’s Molly?” is the poignant question a little boy used to ask many years ago. The answer to that question was a long time coming. Our Cover Story is reported by John Blackstone: If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the pictures of the Daly Family in the 1950s tell the…

When One Sibling Is Developmentally Disabled

December 2, 2010

From NPR- “I’ve almost made peace with the fact that we aren’t hauling our kids down to my parents in Florida for Thanksgiving. Actually, it’s my sister Cecily I feel bad about. She’s the one I don’t keep in touch with enough. She’s 39, and — deep breath — “developmentally disabled and legally blind.” Those…

Siblings on the Frontlines for People With Disabilities

August 26, 2010

By Cheryl Wills Huffington Post My brother Clarence has autism. He is 41, I am 43. Many years before the influential National Alliance on Mental Illness formed in 1979, and before Mental Health America launched its powerful online community this summer, it was left to sisters and brothers of those with disabilities to put up…

R-Word – Spread the Word to End the Word

Eva Longoria talking about her sister

Siblings and disabilities

Parallel Lives: Having A Twin With Mental Illness

Caring for people with disabilities calls for unified efforts

A decision for Apple Valley hockey star: Unique family bond, responsibilities shed light on choices

Siblings Of Sick Kids Learn A Life Lesson Early

Where’s Molly?

When One Sibling Is Developmentally Disabled

Siblings on the Frontlines for People With Disabilities

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