National Sibling Day is a day to appreciate and cherish your brothers and sisters. A commemorative day to honor, appreciate and celebrate all brothers and sisters and memorialize those who are no longer with us. Recognizing the bond between siblings for the special gift it is. A day to hug, honor and enjoy your sibling. Siblings are truly a special blessing that we probably all too often take for granted. They are often our best friends and supporters through life. Another reason to celebrate is that not everyone is lucky enough to have siblings. Their lives are significantly different growing up, and throughout life.
Celebrate National Sibling Day in a variety of ways. It's a great time to be thankful for your sibling. But, most importantly get in touch with your siblings. Visit them if they live nearby. Call them, if they live far away. Send them a card, a letter, gifts, or flowers.
The sibling relationship is deeply significant and is the longest-lasting bond we will likely ever have. Sibling relationships can be uniquely "special" when one sibling has a disability or chronic health condition.
Autism Siblings is a charity designed to help the siblings of autistic kids (and adults too). Julia Pressel, a thirteen years old girl started Autism Siblings because she noticed that autistic kids get plenty of help from many different people. However, we, their brothers and sisters, never get any help – but they need lots of help!
Now there’s a place where siblings can go to get help – Autism Siblings!
From working with her autistic brother Austin (who's 15), and other autistic kids and their siblings (She works with a charity called The Friendship Circle.) she learned a lot about the needs of both autistic kids and their brothers and sisters. Through her Website, she hopes to share much of what she’s learned with others so it can help them.
She also wants to let the world know about autism and how to help. She wants each sibling to know that they are not alone. Each sibling has lots of valuable information to share about things they have tried with their autistic brother or sister – things that work, and things that don’t work. Autism Siblings is a great way for all siblings to share their advice, and learn from others’ advice.
She is sure that as Autism Siblings grows, She’ll learn even more about how to help the siblings of autistic kids. Because of that, her website will constantly grow too – so check back often to see lots of new ideas. She’ll also include lots of advice and stories from siblings of autistic kids all over the United States.
Donation $5
To support Autism Siblings, please visit: http://www.autismsiblings.org/
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