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Effects on specific members of the family.

It is important to recognise that effects may differ between the parents, the non-multiple siblings and the comultiples.

One thing parents and schools rarely recognise is the burden many multiples feel about supporting their disabled multiple in later life. There have been few adequate studies of multiples, but work with siblings aged as young as 8-9 years indicate they are already thinking about how they will contribute to support for their disabled sibling in adulthood. With multiples, the perceived obligation must be even greater. You may have other siblings, but

Being the twin or higher multiple of the disabled child, are you expected to be the one who will do the most in terms of support, once the parents can no longer manage?

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