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Article: Children with autism & their siblings.(Family & Community)
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- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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The parent of the child with autism is faced with many home management challenges, not the least of which is the occurs in all families. However, the presence of a child with achievement of intra-family harmony among siblings. Sibling rivalry autism may, in some instances, intensify this rivalry.
The typical sibling of a child with autism grows and develops skills in a fairly rapid manner. The child with autism, on the other hand, frequently achieves developmental landmarks more slowly. As a result, the child with autism, in essence, has a prolonged infancy, the period of dependency in self-care. During this period, the parent must, by the nature of the ...