Comments on: The Third Parent And Ideas For The Future http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2008/10/27/siblings/685/ Developmental Disability News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:01:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: NVAdvocate http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2008/10/27/siblings/685/comment-page-1/#comment-26 NVAdvocate Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:28:39 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=685#comment-26 It's appalling that a website such as this would reference a sibling as a "victim" of disability. This perspective fails to contemplate the very real benefits of having a sibling with a disability. Perhaps you should read "Reflections from a Different Journey." (Subtitle: What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew). And to really be enlighteded, contemplate buying a subscription to MOUTH magazine, voice of the dislabeled nation. I'm honestly afraid to read anymore content since this is such a screaming example of the kind of gaunlet we face daily from those outside our community... automatic negative assumptions about our lives. You are defining the world for new families. You fail us all by pathologizing the experience of disability. It’s appalling that a website such as this would reference a sibling as a “victim” of disability. This perspective fails to contemplate the very real benefits of having a sibling with a disability. Perhaps you should read “Reflections from a Different Journey.” (Subtitle: What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew). And to really be enlighteded, contemplate buying a subscription to MOUTH magazine, voice of the dislabeled nation. I’m honestly afraid to read anymore content since this is such a screaming example of the kind of gaunlet we face daily from those outside our community… automatic negative assumptions about our lives. You are defining the world for new families. You fail us all by pathologizing the experience of disability.

]]> By: andersal http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2008/10/27/siblings/685/comment-page-1/#comment-18 andersal Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:58:54 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=685#comment-18 thank you for the link! i found a support group in the area. i asked the children and they said that they'd like to give it a try. thanks for your website! thank you for the link! i found a support group in the area. i asked the children and they said that they’d like to give it a try. thanks for your website!

]]> By: admin http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2008/10/27/siblings/685/comment-page-1/#comment-17 admin Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:18:08 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=685#comment-17 Hi Andersal, There are Sibshops all over the country run through the Sibling Support Project and there very well could be one in your area. Check out our Resources page at http://www.disabilityscoop.com/resources/organizations/ and click on Sibling Support Project. Once at their web site you can search by state to find a group near you. The Disability Scoop Team Hi Andersal,

There are Sibshops all over the country run through the Sibling Support Project and there very well could be one in your area. Check out our Resources page at http://www.disabilityscoop.com/resources/organizations/ and click on Sibling Support Project. Once at their web site you can search by state to find a group near you.

The Disability Scoop Team

]]> By: andersal http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2008/10/27/siblings/685/comment-page-1/#comment-16 andersal Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:01:58 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=685#comment-16 thank you for featuring this story. my children have similar types of concerns for their brother who is on the autism spectrum. it would be wonderful to have a support group like this in our area! thank you for featuring this story. my children have similar types of concerns for their brother who is on the autism spectrum. it would be wonderful to have a support group like this in our area!

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