Siblings: Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs

by Kate Strohm

The siblings of children with special needs are often the overlooked ones in families struggling to cope.Kate Strohm is an experienced health professional and journalist who has sister with cerebral palsy. In this book she shares the story of her journey from confusion and distress to understanding and acceptance. She provides a forum for other siblings to describe their own journeys.Kate also provides strategies that siblings themselves, parents and practitioner can use to support the brothers and sisters of children with special.

240 pages, ebook

First published December 30, 2004

About the author

Kate came from a medical science background and moved into health promotion and journalism.
In 1999, she established Siblings Australia (www.siblingsaustralia.org.au) which focuses on supporting siblings of children/adults living with disability or chronic illness.
Her first book, Siblings, was published in Australia in 2002, followed by a UK version in 2004 (last on the list) and then the US version (Being the Other One) in 2005.
They are all the same book inside but each publisher in the three different countries wanted a different title and cover. Very confusing for readers!
In 2014 a revised edition of Siblings was published in Australia (2nd on list below)

Reviews

[Kathryn]

A very nuanced exploration of a difficult topic for many to understand. Incredibly cathartic to read, and the author provides doable actions to support the siblings of people with disabilities. I wish I had a resource like this book growing up.