Posted By A Son-Rise Message Board Participant on October 13, 1999 at 18:08:30:
Besides my special son I have two other children. One older, one younger. I would like to start a dialogue about what you all do to help your other children deal with having a special brother. I feel like we've been pretty successful at helping our other children. I tell my older son that he is very special because God knew we were going to have Andrew and He gave us Matthew first because He knew what a wonderful brother he would be. It has also occured to me lately that as we are experts on being parents of autistic children, my other children are experts on being a sibling of an autistic child. We have always given Matthew the freedom to express his feelings about Andrew (our other child is 20 months, she adores Andrew still) but realizing he is an expert gives me more respect for him. It helps me listen better. We also bought a book called A View from Our Shoes. It has a bunch of essays by kids with siblings with special needs. I would love input on this. I want to be the best mom I can be to ALL my children. I think Bryn should write a book about being a sibling of an autistic child. What do you guys think? (like she's not busy enough already!) I look forward to your comments.
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