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Randomgrl

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.

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  • Hello. This is something that very much concerns me although my two boys are very young.  They are aged 4 and 3 years. My youngest has ASD, my eldest boy though does not understand, he is too young, he thinks that his brother is poorly. He often says that he wants a different brother as his behaviour appears to be naughty. It is very difficult to try and explain. I know that the relationship will change over time and my elsest boy is very loving to his brother and vice versa. It is just knowing how to explain autism and why he behaves the way he does.

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  • Hello. This is something that very much concerns me although my two boys are very young.  They are aged 4 and 3 years. My youngest has ASD, my eldest boy though does not understand, he is too young, he thinks that his brother is poorly. He often says that he wants a different brother as his behaviour appears to be naughty. It is very difficult to try and explain. I know that the relationship will change over time and my elsest boy is very loving to his brother and vice versa. It is just knowing how to explain autism and why he behaves the way he does.

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