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.
My youngest son is autistic and my older son (by two years) has always accepted his brother for who he is and that he is different. He explained to his friends that his brother's brain worked different to ours and that he can sometimes behave different but that he was OK. It is very difficult to explain to children what autism is but the way my son explained it to his friends seems to work and if they want to know more they come to me and I explain that a brain is like a road map, our brain has roads that go one way and Callum's brain has roads that go a different way and that no road goings the wrong way they just go to different places. Don't know if that is the best way but they have all got it so far!