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Explaining To Siblings What Autism Is And It's Affects On Their Bother.
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We have five children, Christian is the one that has been diagnosed with autism. He is the middle child, my question is how do I explain to his older and younger siblings why there brother Christian is a little bit different from them and what exactly autism is so that they'll understand. The problem is mainly stemming from my older children who think that Christian gets most of our attention.

posted October 6, 2013
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my asd son isa the youngest and we were dealing with a lot of behaviors before we got the diagonsis, so what i told my oldest one is that he has autism and that is why he has the behaviors.

i try to have "special" time with my older one where we leave brother at home or on a rare occasion i let my oldest tkae a mental break day from school and we go see a movie or get a treat and give him one on one time that isn't about ASD and his brother.

posted October 6, 2013
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I had my daughter read "All Cats have Aspergers" and that seemed to put it together in a simple way for her. We also make it a point to have one-on-one time with our other children.

posted October 7, 2013
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Hi! I have a full house like you and my youngest of four has autism. When the older kids notice behaviors they'll say, "Is that his autism?" So knowing what it is helps them cope better.

posted October 9, 2013

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