Support needs of siblings of people with developmental disabilities

CK Arnold, T Heller, J Kramer - Intellectual and …, 2012 - meridian.allenpress.com
This qualitative study examines the support needs of adult siblings of people with
developmental disabilities. A survey completed by 139 siblings of people with …

Siblinghood through disability studies perspectives: Diversifying discourse and knowledge about siblings with and without disabilities

A Meltzer, J Kramer - Disability & Society, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Research about siblings where one has a disability has historically focused on the
psychological outcomes of siblings of people with disabilities and has very rarely asked …

Futures planning, parental expectations and sibling concern for people who have a learning disability

D Davys, D Mitchell, C Haigh - Journal of Intellectual …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
A questionnaire was e-mailed to 200 siblings on the Sibs database to explore future plans,
parental expectations and sibling concerns regarding people who have a learning disability; …

Futures planning–Adult sibling perspectives

D Davys, D Mitchell, C Haigh - British Journal of Learning …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary Planning for the future is important to the happiness and well‐being of
people who have a learning disability and their families. Parents, brothers and sisters of …

'I couldn't just entirely be her sister': the relational and social policy implications of care between young adult siblings with and without disabilities

A Meltzer - Journal of Youth Studies, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Research has commonly explored siblings of people with disabilities' roles in care for their
brothers or sisters with disabilities. Social policy has also commonly framed young adult …

Growing up with cerebral palsy: perceptions of the influence of family

D Freeborn, K Knafl - Child: care, health and development, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non‐progressive condition present from birth or infancy
that includes various neurological patterns of dysfunction. It is characterized by abnormal …

Embodying and enacting disability as siblings: Experiencing disability in relationships between young adult siblings with and without disabilities

A Meltzer - Disability & Society, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Where one sibling has a disability, research has examined the role of disability in sibling
relationships; however, the majority has reflected a normative understanding of sibling …

An ecological and systems thinking approach for support to siblings with and without disabilities

A Meltzer, K Muir - Social Theory & Health, 2022 - Springer
This paper uses theory to progress practical understandings of what it means to support
siblings with and without disabilities. Research about siblings where one has a disability has …

Comparative life experiences: Young adult siblings with and without disabilities' different understandings of their respective life experiences during young adulthood

A Meltzer - Families, Relationships and Societies, 2019 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Research shows that siblings of people with disabilities have experiences during young
adulthood—such as driving, socialising independently and moving out of home—that they …

Social support when a sibling has a disability

J Kramer, A Meltzer, K Strohm - Brothers and Sisters: Sibling …, 2021 - Springer
More than one billion people globally are estimated to have a disability of some sort (WHO
2020), and most of these are likely to have a brother or sister. The basic starting point in this …