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This chapter looks at the effects on the family unit with the birth of a child with a disability. This event is always a crisis for the family, but with early and sensitive care and intervention for the involved child, the parents, and siblings much can be done to help the family. This support can help the family to adjust and become positively involved in the care and development of the child, even if that child is different and in need of special care. Siblings seem to have a positive role in the relationship and also concerning long-term support.

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  1. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Health Services, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, POBox 1260, IL-91012, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joav Merrick (Office of the Medical Director) & Mohammed Morad MD (Office of the Medical Director)

  2. Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Joav Merrick (Office of the Medical Director)

  3. Health Services, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, IL-91012, Jerusalem, Israel

    Isack Kandel MA, PhD (Office of the Medical Director) & Mohammed Morad MD (Office of the Medical Director)

  4. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Mohammed Morad MD (Office of the Medical Director)

  5. Clalit Health Services, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Mohammed Morad MD (Office of the Medical Director)

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  1. Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Oakland Drive 1000, Kalamazoo, 49008, Michigan, USA

    Dilip R. Patel

  2. Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Oakland Drive 1000, Kalamazoo,, 49008, Michigan, USA

    Donald E. Greydanus

  3. Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40506, Kentucky, USA

    Hatim A. Omar

  4. , Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Se, PO Box 1260, Jerusalem, 91012, Israel

    Joav Merrick

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Merrick, J., Kandel, I., Morad, M. (2011). Parents and Siblings. In: Patel, D., Greydanus, D., Omar, H., Merrick, J. (eds) Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0627-9_30

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