Sibling Knowledge About Autism

Specific data in regards to the individual’s social development and behaviour is collected. Inquiries about core ASD symptoms including, unusual, or repetitive behaviours and social relatedness are done, the family’s input is important.

I cannot tell you the exact date, while I’m sure many parents are able to in this circumstance. I can only tell you it was in Spring and my now 10-year-old son, Nino, was 6 years old at the time. I sat in a room after my son’s autism evaluation and heard the words, “Your son has autism. We are diagnosing him at level 2.” I would be lying if I said a tear didn’t fall after those words, but not so much about getting “bad news”, yet, certainly one of those tears fell for that, but the others than came down my cheeks were tears of relief. We now knew what we were dealing with, it had a name. My husband was more in disbelief, but accepted it, and admitted he wondered if there was a genetic link, looking back as his life with his older brother. As we absorbed the news, we knew, how we communicated the diagnosis to our son would play a part in whether he could celebrate who he was, and know how special he was, or if communicated incorrectly, he would feel as if there was something wrong with him. It would mean, he would look at himself as flawed, and awkward, and of little value to society. In this paper, I will do my best to persuade you to embrace, and celebrate such a moment like this in life.

Autism is a very complicated and diverse disorder. There’s many different variations of it and it can affect a lot of things. The movie did a good job at describing autism and how it affects the family as well. Many times the burden of taking care of the person falls on the family. Arnie had mostly mental disabilities. He had a mindset of a 5 year old, he even liked to play games. Autism is a fairly common disorder and 1% of the world population has autism (“Facts and Statistics”, 2015). It’s a disorder that people should learn more about and get training if around an autistic person. It may be overwhelming, as it was for Gilbert at times. Arnie was always happy and he didn’t have a care in the world.

Is there anybody in your family with autism? Almost every book or article is about how autism affects the person with the disorder but never the family around them. Being a parent or a child who has autism can be extremely difficult and change your whole life. Some parents view having a child with autism is a bad thing and would take away their autism if they could. Other parents think having their child be different is a good thing and would not take it away. I think that talking about the effects on the family is very important and should be discussed.

Being a sibling of an individual with Autism can be difficult. Not only does the sibling feel

This relationship is the first and longest peer relationship that siblings will have. The typically developing sibling who has a positive relationship with their sibling with a disability have higher levels of positive self-concept typically developing siblings who were not raised with a sibling or child with disabilities. In another article that they have conducted shows cooperative and externalizing behaviors that were examined.

The main purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of siblings of children with autism. The focus of this study looks at the needs of the neuro-typical siblings. This study questions what the needs of siblings of children with autism are, why these needs are not being met, and what can be done in order to meet these needs. Throughout this study, one is able to explore the various methods that would be used. They also are able to get a look at the different questions being asked.

Autism is a disorder that can wreck havoc in the lives of many, and all it takes is one diagnosis. Most families never expect autism to occur in their family. But once it does, the family will never imagine the effect it will have. The family of a child with autism “[is] faced with intolerable mental, economic, and social pressure” (Mosayebi 4). Could a child with autism have a substantial enough effect on the family to cause separation and divorce of their parents?

Research has shown that parents of children with ASD are more likely to be blamed for the condition. Siblings are the least likely to be blamed for the condition and have a lower amount of stigmatization aimed towards them. It has been found that a majority of mothers but only a minority of fathers encounter the stigmatizing behaviours. This is most likely due to the fact that mothers are often with their children more out of the day so will hear more of the stigmatization. In an Australian study investigating felt and enacted stigma among parents of children with ASD, it was found that most commonly parents imagined that others were critical of their child-raising abilities, not accepting of them and made them feel embarrassed (Gray, 2002). These stigmatizing behaviours were most commonly found to be displayed when in public such as at the supermarket or shops. Due to the fact that more commonly it is the mother that must do these duties the mothers are being stigmatized more. It has also been found that parents of those affected are more likely to be classed as less competent by others than the siblings of those affected are. In a study done in Belgrade it was found that highly significant positive correlations were present between the constructs of responsibility for the condition, blame for deterioration of the condition, shame, competence and avoidance (Milacic-Vidojevic,

As there are no specific guidelines for parenting, nothing can prepare a parent to receive a first medical diagnosis of their child’s autism. . The burden that parents experience when receiving the diagnosis depends on the following: level of severity; level of the child’s dependency and intensity of needed care; the support that is available to the parents from their close environment; the parents negative views on caring for a child with ASD; negative view on the diagnostic process; levels of passive avoidant coping strategies (Stuart, & McGrew, 2008).

This study examine the influences of parents’ pursuit or avoidance of an ASD diagnosis to their children. The goal of this study is to explore the parental meaning of ASD diagnosis, and explore if the children’s ASD diagnosis affect the way parents perceive ASD (Russell & Norwich, 2012).

Obviously, there are many effects on the individual and family if that individual has an autism. According to (Autism Bedfordshire 2017), there are a lot of the effects of autism on individual. Some of this effects are People on the autistic they can't express how they feel so, that may be lead to frustration. Also they cannot make sense of what happens, and they have some problems such as: few social activities, loneliness and lack of friends. As well as, there are effects of autism on the family such as: parents became isolated, depressed and emotionally and physically exhausted from looking for their children. Also in many family at least one of the parent cannot work because of caring responsibilities and this puts a massive financial burden

Brothers or sisters of those who have a chronic illness experience a lot; they have an unimaginably hard role, especially for a young chThis situation This can lead to mental, physical and social stress. Siblings of children with a disability not only miss out their activities such as sports but also time with parents and friends. However, many positives arise with this situation; these children are undoubtedly understanding and compassionate to those who are different.

Every person in this world carries a secret whether it’s big or small and they do it because they want to protect someone they love or it’s so they can protect themselves. My secret is that I have an Autistic little sister she is 15 years old and she cannot even say a word. I don’t tell people about how my little sister is autistic because I don’t want people to feel bad for me. I have told my closest friends and every time I tell someone they lower down their heads and apologize, I don’t want anyone’s pity I only have one wish and that is to have a normal sister. No one understands what it’s like to have a sister who you can’t even talk to and who will constantly be judged by society for looking abnormal. I envy those who have sisters who

Family is the basic unit of the society. It is from the family that an individual learns his primary behavioural patterns. When we talk about a family of children with autism they are the family which going through many doubts, changes, stress and conflicts. Many studies have talk about the stress and trauma through which a family of children with autism is going through. The problem starts with the lack acceptance of the child to the lack of awareness on taking care of the child.