A Longitudinal Study of Siblings of Children with Chronic Disabilities

Parenting in families with a child with autism spectrum disorder and a typically developing child: Mothers’ experiences and cognitions

“…(Fisman, Wolf, Ellison, & Freeman, 2000;Moyson & Roeyers, submitted;Myers et al, 2009). Hutton and Caron (2005) offered some strategies for parents to deal with this negative impact, for instance by educating the sibling about the consequences of autism, by organizing activities exclusively for the sibling, or by involving the sibling whenever possible in activities with the child with autism.…”

Siblings of individuals with autism spectrum disorders across the life course

“…Externalizing behavior problems were elevated only according to parent report. Three years later, siblings of children with PDD no longer scored higher in internalizing behaviors according to parental report, but continued to exhibit higher levels of externalizing behaviors [Fisman et al, 2000].…”

“…These studies agree that siblings describe the relationship with the brother or sister with autism in positive terms, although some negative aspects are noted, such as embarrassment or and disruptive behavior by the brother or sister with an ASD. Several studies show the similarity between sibling relationships when a sibling has an ASD when compared with a DD other than an ASD in terms of qualitative descriptions of the sibling relationship by siblings [Fisman et al, 1996[Fisman et al, , 2000Pilowsky et al, 2004]. Roeyers and Mycke [1995] found no differences between siblings ages 8 and 14 of children with autism when compared with siblings of children with DD, but siblings of children with autism reported more acceptance and less verbal aggression compared with siblings of TD children.…”

Autism, Attachment and Parenting: A Comparison of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental Retardation, Language Disorder, and Non-clinical Children

“…The greater intensity of problems generated by children with autism compared to children with Down syndrome may reveal higher levels of parenting stress in parents of the children with autism (Fisman et al 2000;Noh et al 1989). Furthermore, Rodrigue et al (1990) reported lower parenting competence of parents of children with autism in comparison with parents of children with Down syndrome, but both groups reported disrupted planning, and parental and familial stress.…”