Siblings Of Children With Special Needs

Siblings of children with special needs have special needs themselves. Their sister or brother with special needs will get a bigger share of attention. While having a special needs sibling presents challenges, it also comes with opportunities. Kids who grow up with a sibling with special health or developmental needs may have more of a chance to develop many good qualities, including patience, kindness and supportiveness, acceptance of differences and empathy for others.

On the other hand, your child may have trouble coping with being the sibling of a child with special needs. For example, they may feel worried about their sibling, jealous of the attention their brother or sister receives, embarrassed about their sibling’s differences and guilty for negative feelings they have toward their sibling.

Families By Design helps parents tune in to the individual needs of each child in the family, which will help ease the difficulties.