When a child has additional needs, parents understandably become consumed by trying to access or fight for services that will improve the child’s quality of life. Multiple trips to hospitals, doctors and other appointments are often par for the course but with so much emphasis on the child with needs, their siblings can be inadvertently impacted. While a brother or sister is being cared for or treated, siblings often feel left out and experience loneliness, anger, resentment and guilt.
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