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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to totally hijack OP’s thread, but does anyone have a kid with SNs who ended up becoming close with their sibling at one point? I have 2 elementary school boys, the youngest (1st grade) has pretty severe ADHD and mild ASD that cause a lot of admittedly annoying behaviors that drive my 3rd grader nuts. I try to teach my older DS to have empathy for his brother’s struggles, but I think he’s still too young to fully get why his brother is different.

I’m holding out hope with therapies and possibly meds we can stabilize the younger one and our boys will eventually become closer, but maybe that is just a fantasy? They have such very different personalities and energy so I just don’t know. [/quote]

My DD has ASD (level 1) with aggressive behaviors that were extremely frequent and stressful on the family when she was younger. Her three years' older brother really struggled to understand her behavior and felt very hurt and confused by how she treated us. There was a period of time when DD started K that was SO traumatizing for everyone, I worried it was going to ruin their relationship for good. Meds and ABA for DD helped, as did therapy for the whole family. They are very close now, and when they squabble and fight it's really like "normal" sibling stuff. This year's summer vacation (ages 9 and 12) DH and I felt like - why are we even here? DD and DS only wanted to hang out together. There are times when DS prefers to watch a movie with DD rather than go out with friends. I don't know what the teen years will bring, but it was very hard for me to imagine this kind of stability when they were younger, so I hope the same for you.[/quote]

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