Published on 12, July, 2020
I am very to close and have always being very involved in the care of my brother with autism and I just wanted to ask if there are any other siblings on here who have similiar experiences or to ask parents how involved are your children who are not on the spectrum with their sibling(s) who are?
I have found that there seems to be more awareness of autism now than when I was growing up so I also wanted to ask how do you explain what autism is? This was something I found difficult to explain as a child to other children so just out of interest I would like to know what your experiences with dealing with this are.
Hi
Despite leaving home before my brother got his diagnosis, i have always been very involved with my brother and with my mum who is his primary carer. My sister is 3 years older than my brother Robbie and until this year, she lived at home. There were times when she got very angry with him - she had her own life being played out and felt that he was getting much more attention than she was, and she went off the rails for a while. After this, though, she did a bit of growing up and started to understand him more, and nowadays she seems to have an intuitive way of knowing what is wrong with him and what is the best way of dealing with it. My other brother, who is a fair bit older than the other 2 (as am I) deals with it by sticking his head in the sand, despite living at home for quite some years after the diagnosis!