The Others Place

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• this is the place for teenage siblings of those with mental or physical illnesses, disabilities, disorders, or other problems
  A Short Introduction

• i have a brother with multiple physical and mental disabilities and disorders

• this is called The Others Place because I often feel like I am the other one. All the people that know my brother, as well as the people in the community, know me that way. I don't have much of a problem with that, I'm more of one to stay in the shadows than to take centre stage, but sometimes I feel ignored. My parents don't totally ignore me, in fact they give me more than enough attention about my clothes, my hair, my music, my friends, or my schoolwork, but they are kind of naive. I mean, my mother is in a support group for parents of children with special needs and she goes on and on about how they are so great and his teachers try to get my parents into all sorts of parent support programs, but it's all sort of ironic or whatever that here I am, feeling that I want to be in something too because it's getting harder and harder, but no one has a clue. I hope that this will help change things for myself and others like me

• this was created because there aren't that many sites out here for siblings generally, let alone teenage ones. I find that the sibling mailing lists are useless for teenagers because the children's lists are only for young children, and the adult lists really are only for adults, who are facing different issues, problems, and situations than teenagers. The SibShop workshops might help some, but they are really directed at young children

• I have been thinking about this kind of website for quite some time now, but several recent events have convinced me to do this. As my family and I realize that my brother is less and less like typical children his age, and we discover more and more of his limitations, it becomes harder and harder for me

• I started this site personally because I was looking for people in my situation to talk to, for support and ideas, and for advice and tips. I figure that this is a good way to do this because it's anonyms

• I then figured that there have got to be others out there like myself, and that they might be feeling the same way. I find that my parents are good to talk to sometimes about my brother, but often they just don't understand, so I can't ask them for advice and tips on things regarding my brother and my friends, or whatever. My friends are great, but they have no idea either, so I can't talk to them either, or get good advice from them. I know that I can't be the only one in the world with this problem, and that there are even some others in my grade in a similar situation, but when they're not your friends, you don't just go up to them and talk about how it is to have a brother or sister with special needs

• this can be whatever you want it to be. Some people might want to come every single day to chat or look for new people, or for others it may be they only visit if they just want some advice. However you may choose to use this website, I just hope that it was helped you in some way, big or small
  What Is At This Site

• this site is under construction at the moment, but it will have more things very soon

• i envision many different things for this website to fit the needs and interests of many people. They include: chat room, forum, tip pages, links, advice boards, information pages, book reviews, resources, individual e-mail and/or ICQ link-up. Many of these would include contributions from people like you

• if you have a suggestion or request for this website, please e-mail me. We are all in different situations and have different ideas, so I'd love to hear from you!
  
  Email: theothersplace@dwp.net