What is it like to grow up with a sibling on the autism spectrum? What kind of relationship do such siblings have? How does that relationship change as the siblings get older?
In this moving collection of beautifully-written personal accounts, siblings from a variety of backgrounds, and in different circumstances, share their experiences of growing up with a brother or sister with autism. Despite their many differences, their stories show that certain things are common to the ‘sibling experience’: the emotional terrain of looking on or being overlooked; the confusion of accommodating resentment, love, and helplessness; and above all the yearning to connect across neurological difference.
Siblings and Autism is a thought-provoking book that will appeal to anyone with a personal or professional interest in autism, including parents of siblings of children on the spectrum, teachers, counsellors, and psychologists.
Table of Content
Introduction. ‘House on the Meadow’, Catherine Anderson. ‘Family Resemblance’, Erika Nanes. ‘Visiting Becky’, Anne Barnhill. ‘On the Way to the Sky’, Katie Harrington Stricklin. ‘Victim of Silence’, Ann Damiano. ‘Life with Runi’, Aparna Das. ‘Autism Connects Us’, Matthew Belmonte. ‘My Brother’s Speaker’, Debra Eder. ‘We Were Beautiful, Once: My Autistic-American Family’, Maureen Mc Donnell. ‘Holding On’, Lindsey Fisch. ‘Our Family Has Two Hearts: Me and My Older Sister Ge’, Helen Mc Cabe and Chuan Wu. ‘Robie’, Erika Reich Giles. ‘Everyone is Different’, Cara Murphy Watkins’. ‘Sisters Aren’t Doing It for Themselves: Negotiating Special Identities in a Disabled Family’, Alison Wilde. ‘This Night Will Pass’, Thomas Caramagno. ‘Sirens’, Debra Cumberland.
About the author
Anne Clinard Barnhill lives in North Carolina. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and has published hundreds of features and reviews, and several short stories in a variety of newspapers and magazines.
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