Last week I began to talk about how autism can affect the rest of the family. I am going to continue to refer to the article I began talking about last week that hit on how autism can change family dynamics. I wanted to talk today about how finding out a member of the family has autism can affect  the other children in the family. The article was really interesting because it said that children who have siblings with autism are better adjusted to the world. They can cope with things in their adult life because they have had to mature and adjust to a life that is not all about them. It is important as a parent to remember to spend individual time with the other children. Often times with the chaos of therapy and doctor appointments and things like that can get parents so busy that they forget the other kids have needs too. It is important to make time, especially individual time, with each of your children. They need to know that you are interested in them and that you know that they are special too.