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Sisterly Love

Sisterly Love

In this episode we take a look at a sister’s journey with her brother diagnosed with autism. She shares her perspective of what it is like growing up with her brother as she navigates through her thoughts and emotions about her internal struggles of feeling like a shadow. She also shares her amazing realization and understanding of her role as a sister and how it has allowed her to blossom into her own individual.

Meet Piper Ruth, a sister of an individual with autism. For the first time we hear from a siblings perspective of what it is like growing up with a brother with autism. She shares her memories of seeing her brother go to various therapies and experiencing his meltdowns and how her parents handled challenging situtaions. Piper talks about how her relationship with her brother has changed and grown over the years and how they connect over movies and scripts. If you would like to hear the entire families view on autism, her mom was interviewed in podcast 2, her dad in podcast 10, and her brother in podcast 29.

Learn to Mindshift… Below are the Mindshifts from this podcast:

  1. To all the siblings of individuals with autism, you are not being pushed to the side.
  2. If you feel like you are being pushed to the side don’t be afraid to speak up and let your parents know that you feel like you are not getting enough attention.
  3. Remember that your parents don’t have any favorites your sibling just needs more guidance and a little more help.
  4. You are not any less of a kid or sibling.
  5. Respect everyone you meet and accept people as they are.