Kim got me thinking and I decided to look into the sibling support project.  The website was very interesting!  I found a link on the site that led to a Sibparent group.  This is a place where parents, grandparents, and other family members can log in and chat about the "other children".  I thought that this was a great idea because it allowed adults to compare and trade stories of their struggles of having a special needs child and one without.  I was looking for studies done on siblings of children with disabilities and I read this one: http://academics.holycross.edu/files/econ_accounting/Golembieski.pdf and I felt that it was useful and informal.  I also just signed up for t e mails that will give me helpful information on being a child and having a sibling with a disability!  I look forward to what that information will bring to the blog!  I was looking for a website that showed statictis but I ended up finding another website that talked about and stressed the importance of being educated.  There was a quote that stood out to me: "I Never Figured You Were Disabled"- A Sister's Experience (http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/disabsibling.html) was the website.  That quote really moved me. I feel that children who grow up with a disabled child just assume that it is natural and OK (which it is).  They do not view their sibling as different.  I thought that was a very powerful statement.  Now I get to meet my new nephew this Sunday (his sister has spinda bifida) and I will be excited to learn what Olivia thinks of her little brother who is not handicapped.