Siblings with a Mission: Story and Article Ideas
Stories can help siblings and sibling supporters by providing insights and suggestions. Here are some ideas that may help you in sharing your story!
Stories/Articles:
Please send all stories as an attachment (Word Document or equivalent) or in an email message to [email protected]. Refer to the Story and Article Procedure (For Writers) page for more information.
Note: Please refrain from using the word “advice” or “guidance” in your article. Try to use words like “my story,” “from my experience,” “my perspective,” “my testimonial,” etc. Have fun with your story!
Note: Please include a title for your story. If possible, please also include a picture. Pictures are great, especially when we post on social media. Pictures can be of you, your sibling, or you with your sibling. When you submit a picture, our editor will ask that you sign a brief Story and Photo Release Form. If you use information from another source (including a picture), please include a link.
Story Ideas:
1) How do you explain your sibling’s disability to your friends and family?
2) What do you do when people stare at your sibling?
3) What do you wish people knew?
4) Does it feel like your parents spend more time with your sibling with special needs than they do with you? How does this make you feel? How do you deal with this?
5) How do you manage difficult emotions, including anger, jealousy, disappointment, embarrassment, guilt, etc.?
6) Are you going to college this year or are you currently in college? What do you worry about regarding your sibling? How do you stay in touch with your sibling while you are in college?
7) How have your career choices or volunteer activities been influenced by your sibling? How have you changed because of your sibling?
8) Has there been a resource (organization, support group, book, website, TV show, professional) that has been helpful to you and your family? If so, what? How has this resource helped you?
9) Do you view people with disabilities or illnesses differently because you have a sibling who has special needs? How has your perception of disabilities changed? Is it a good or bad perception?
10) Has your sibling or friend passed away? Tell your story.
11) Do you have any funny stories? Sad stories? Memorable stories?
12) Please share any story you feel is appropriate and resourceful
Education and Awareness Article Ideas
1) What is your sibling’s diagnosis? What is it like having a sibling with that diagnosis? How do you explain your sibling’s diagnosis to others?
2) Professional Profile: Is there a doctor or professional that takes care of your brother or sister? Is there a doctor that has done significant research in the field of your sibling’s diagnosis? As part of our mission, we spread awareness of current research to siblings so they can find help for their brother or sister. We encourage you to interview a doctor or professional about his or her work. Ask them why they got involved in their field of work. Ask them to explain your sibling’s diagnosis in their own words. Ask if they know of any current treatment or medications for people like your sibling. Ask for advice for families and siblings. Ask any questions you may think is relevant. (*This is an important article idea and will help siblings find resources. If you aren’t able to interview someone personally, feel free to email them and interview them over email or the phone. Or, you could ask them if they already have information online that you could post on our website. Have fun with this topic!)
3) Resource Profile: Is there an association, organization, support group, facility, book, TV show, website, or resource that helps you, your family, and people like your brother or sister? As part of our mission, we spread awareness of resources that help people with special needs and their families. Write an article about a resource. Explain what the resource does, where the resource is located, and how people can contact/use the resource. Feel free to interview someone who works at or uses the resource. This profile will help siblings find resources for help and support.
4) Celebrity Profile: Are there celebrities that are advocates for special needs? Or is there a well-known association or organization that helps people with special needs? Write about a celebrity or well-known organization and explain how it helps people with special needs.
5) Sibling Spotlight: Is there a sibling hero who has significantly helped you or the special needs community? Explain how this person has made a difference and explain how other siblings can make a difference, too. Feel free to interview someone. Ask for their picture. Have fun with this topic!
6) Any education or awareness topic you feel is appropriate and resourceful. Feel free to search on Google to find topics or email us for suggestions!
Visit our story column for more inspiration, and contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing and working with you! Thank you for sharing your story.
Siblings with a Mission is a non-profit, international organization established to serve and support siblings of individuals with special needs. All images are found on Google images and are solely used for educational purposes. The stories and advice provided by Siblings with a Mission are not to be replaced by professional advice and counseling but to be considered as an additional source of support.
Stories can help siblings and sibling supporters by providing insights and suggestions. Here are some ideas that may help you in sharing your story!
Stories/Articles:
Please send all stories as an attachment (Word Document or equivalent) or in an email message to [email protected]. Refer to the Story and Article Procedure (For Writers) page for more information.
Note: Please refrain from using the word “advice” or “guidance” in your article. Try to use words like “my story,” “from my experience,” “my perspective,” “my testimonial,” etc. Have fun with your story!
Note: Please include a title for your story. If possible, please also include a picture. Pictures are great, especially when we post on social media. Pictures can be of you, your sibling, or you with your sibling. When you submit a picture, our editor will ask that you sign a brief Story and Photo Release Form. If you use information from another source (including a picture), please include a link.
Story Ideas:
1) How do you explain your sibling’s disability to your friends and family?
2) What do you do when people stare at your sibling?
3) What do you wish people knew?
4) Does it feel like your parents spend more time with your sibling with special needs than they do with you? How does this make you feel? How do you deal with this?
5) How do you manage difficult emotions, including anger, jealousy, disappointment, embarrassment, guilt, etc.?
6) Are you going to college this year or are you currently in college? What do you worry about regarding your sibling? How do you stay in touch with your sibling while you are in college?
7) How have your career choices or volunteer activities been influenced by your sibling? How have you changed because of your sibling?
8) Has there been a resource (organization, support group, book, website, TV show, professional) that has been helpful to you and your family? If so, what? How has this resource helped you?
9) Do you view people with disabilities or illnesses differently because you have a sibling who has special needs? How has your perception of disabilities changed? Is it a good or bad perception?
10) Has your sibling or friend passed away? Tell your story.
11) Do you have any funny stories? Sad stories? Memorable stories?
12) Please share any story you feel is appropriate and resourceful
Education and Awareness Article Ideas
1) What is your sibling’s diagnosis? What is it like having a sibling with that diagnosis? How do you explain your sibling’s diagnosis to others?
2) Professional Profile: Is there a doctor or professional that takes care of your brother or sister? Is there a doctor that has done significant research in the field of your sibling’s diagnosis? As part of our mission, we spread awareness of current research to siblings so they can find help for their brother or sister. We encourage you to interview a doctor or professional about his or her work. Ask them why they got involved in their field of work. Ask them to explain your sibling’s diagnosis in their own words. Ask if they know of any current treatment or medications for people like your sibling. Ask for advice for families and siblings. Ask any questions you may think is relevant. (*This is an important article idea and will help siblings find resources. If you aren’t able to interview someone personally, feel free to email them and interview them over email or the phone. Or, you could ask them if they already have information online that you could post on our website. Have fun with this topic!)
3) Resource Profile: Is there an association, organization, support group, facility, book, TV show, website, or resource that helps you, your family, and people like your brother or sister? As part of our mission, we spread awareness of resources that help people with special needs and their families. Write an article about a resource. Explain what the resource does, where the resource is located, and how people can contact/use the resource. Feel free to interview someone who works at or uses the resource. This profile will help siblings find resources for help and support.
4) Celebrity Profile: Are there celebrities that are advocates for special needs? Or is there a well-known association or organization that helps people with special needs? Write about a celebrity or well-known organization and explain how it helps people with special needs.
5) Sibling Spotlight: Is there a sibling hero who has significantly helped you or the special needs community? Explain how this person has made a difference and explain how other siblings can make a difference, too. Feel free to interview someone. Ask for their picture. Have fun with this topic!
6) Any education or awareness topic you feel is appropriate and resourceful. Feel free to search on Google to find topics or email us for suggestions!
Visit our story column for more inspiration, and contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing and working with you! Thank you for sharing your story.
Siblings with a Mission is a non-profit, international organization established to serve and support siblings of individuals with special needs. All images are found on Google images and are solely used for educational purposes. The stories and advice provided by Siblings with a Mission are not to be replaced by professional advice and counseling but to be considered as an additional source of support.
