title: Perceptions of siblings with autism and relationships with them: European American and Asian American siblings draw and tell.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study examined typically developing children's perceptions of their siblings with autism and their relationships with them in a European American and an Asian American family.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were drawn from interviews with the siblings using the draw-and-tell technique and participant observation in the homes of the 2 families.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that the 2 typically developing children differed in their perceptions of their siblings with autism and their relationship with them. Results also suggest that parent involvement in providing their children with adequate knowledge about autism and its effects on their siblings with autism plays an important role in children developing a nurturing relationship with their siblings with autism.
authors.affiliation: University of Oregon, Eugene, USA.
authors.forename: Kara D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Sage
authors.forename: Brinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jegatheesan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D001321:Autistic Disorder; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012801:Sibling Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D035781:Siblings / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013637:Tape Recording; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology