Sometimes siblings struggle

We often read about very positive experiences for siblings of people with Down syndrome and the research literature points out that our children's siblings are not likely to suffer or be damaged by having a brother or sister with Down syndrome - often quite the opposite. But that doesn't tell the whole picture, not for all individual siblings, and not all the time.

All of our children are likely to confront some challenging experiences, whether we want them to or not. Chris at "Mothering by the seat of my pants" describes an experience that might have been very different for her daughter, and yet she made sense of it anyway - read Chris's post here.

The Young Carers Project, run under the auspices of Carers NSW offers some excellent opportunities and material for sibling aged 8 - 25 yrs, including camps.