Siblings

Three young adult women smiling and looking at their younger brother.

The Arc Center for Future Planning – Planning ahead can help guide a person with an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD) to lead a good life as independently as possible. A plan is important throughout all stages of life and especially in the future after the parent or caregiver is no longer able to provide support.
Impact: Feature Issue on Siblings of People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities (Spring 2020) – Published by the Institute on Community Integration (MN UCEDD), this issue focuses on the brothers and sisters of children, teens, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities – what is known about them, their roles and needs across the lifespan, their feelings about themselves and their siblings, and how to support them.
Sibling Leadership Network – A national nonprofit that promotes a broad network of siblings who share the experience of disability and people concerned with sibling issues by connecting them to social, emotional, governmental, and provisional supports.
Sibling Strengths and Supported Decision Making: Updates on Sibling Research (2020) (Archived webinar) – This presentation shares research related to siblings of people with disabilities. The focus will be on sibling strengths and supported decision making.Sponsored by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and the Sibling Leadership Network.
Sibling Support and Future Planning (2021) – Archived webinar from the Sibling Leadership Network.
Sibling Support Project – A national program dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs.
Siblings and Autism (Fall 2020) (37-page PDF) – Autism Spectrum News. Special issue on the topic of siblings and autism.
Siblings: Our Most Important Relationship with Don Meyer (2017) (50 minutes) – Empowering Ability Podcast Episode 39 with Don Meyer, Director of the Sibling Support Project. Meyer is one of the world’s leading experts on siblings, and has supported siblings for the last 35 years.