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Special Siblings: Growing up with Someone with a Disability » (1st Edition)
Authors: Mary McHugh
ISBN-13: 9781557666079, ISBN-10: 1557666075
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Brookes, Paul H. Publishing Company
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Mary McHugh
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| About the Author | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| 1 | Childhood | |
| 1 | Your Needs | 3 |
| The Need to Identify with a Parent's Grief | 6 | |
| The Need for Attention | 7 | |
| The Need to Achieve | 13 | |
| The Need for Information | 15 | |
| Why Parents Have Difficulty Talking About Disabilities | 19 | |
| 2 | Your Parents' Marriage | 23 |
| Your Family's Problem-Solving Style | 23 | |
| Marriages in Trouble | 28 | |
| Fathers | 31 | |
| 3 | Your Feelings and How to Cope with Them | 37 |
| Anger | 38 | |
| Guilt | 44 | |
| Embarrassment | 47 | |
| Help for Siblings | 51 | |
| 4 | How Did You Get That Way? | 59 |
| Type and Severity of the Disability | 62 | |
| Cystic Fibrosis | 63 | |
| Cerebral Palsy | 64 | |
| "Invisible" Disabilities | 64 | |
| Hearing Impairment | 66 | |
| Mental Retardation Requiring Limited Support | 67 | |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder | 69 | |
| Mental Illness | 70 | |
| When the Disability Occurs | 71 | |
| Birth Order and Gender | 73 | |
| When the Younger Sibling Surpasses the Older | 78 | |
| Size of the Family | 79 | |
| 2 | Adolescence | |
| 5 | Adolescent Angst | 85 |
| Embarrassment with New Friends | 86 | |
| Mental Illness | 88 | |
| Fitting In | 89 | |
| Life Is Unfair | 90 | |
| Anger and Frustration | 95 | |
| Guilt | 97 | |
| Getting Help | 102 | |
| Love and Pride | 106 | |
| 6 | Who Are You? | 113 |
| Asking to Be Included in Family Discussions | 113 | |
| The Search for Identity | 119 | |
| Fear of Abandonment | 121 | |
| Peer Pressure | 122 | |
| 3 | Adulthood | |
| 7 | Someone to Talk To | 129 |
| Deal with Anger | 130 | |
| Talk to Someone | 132 | |
| SibNet | 138 | |
| Friends | 140 | |
| 8 | Your Relationships | 145 |
| Caretakers | 146 | |
| Escape Artists | 150 | |
| Influence of a Sibling's Disability on Potential Relationships | 152 | |
| When Do You Bring up the Disability? | 154 | |
| Choosing Friends | 155 | |
| Relatives | 157 | |
| 9 | Your Career | 161 |
| Choosing Human Services Work | 162 | |
| When the Human Services Field Is Not the Right Choice | 169 | |
| 10 | Do You Want to Have Children? | 175 |
| Prenatal Tests to Detect Disabilities | 177 | |
| Deciding Whether to Have Children | 178 | |
| 11 | Who Will Take Care of Your Sibling? | 183 |
| Talk to Your Parents About the Future | 185 | |
| Find the Right Lawyer | 187 | |
| Determine Living Arrangements | 189 | |
| Decide Who Will Care for Your Sibling | 192 | |
| Persuade Parents to Let Go | 193 | |
| Mental Illness | 195 | |
| 12 | It Feels Like Love | 205 |
| Love and Pride | 210 | |
| Bibliography | 223 | |
| Resources | 227 | |
| Permissions | 231 | |
| Index | 233 |
Subjects
Parenting & Family
Children with Special Needs Individual, Family & Community Issues
Parenting & Family Children with Special Needs Mental Retardation in Children
Children with Special Needs Individual, Family & Community IssuesParenting & Family
Children with Special Needs Mental Retardation in Children