Mental health support:

• Mental Health Line. A phone service staffed by mental health professionals who can provide anyone with advice and referrals to local mental health services: 1800 011 511
• Kids Helpline. A counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25: 1800 55 1800 or chat online
• Carer Gateway. A phone service where you can speak with a professional counsellor who is experienced in supporting carers: 1800 422 737 
• 13YARN. A phone service for mob who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping, offering confidential one-on-one yarning opportunity with a Lifeline-trained Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter: 13 92 76  
• Transcultural Mental Health Line. A telephone service to support people who live in NSW and who are from culturally and linguistically diverse communities: 1800 648 911
• Intellectual Disability Mental Health Connect. A website that aims to help people with intellectual disability get the right services and support for their mental health: https://idmhconnect.health/ 
• Head to Health. A website and other services that aim to help all Australians access mental health and wellbeing services: https://www.headtohealth.gov.au/ 

Web articles:

• Ways to support siblings: https://siblingsaustralia.org.au/parents/ways-to-support/
• Siblings of children with disability, how to support them: https://raisingchildren.net.au/disability/family-life/siblings/supporting-siblings

• Advice on how to explain ASD to siblings: https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/communicating-relationships/family-relationships/siblings-asd

• Dr Shannon Schedlich discusses the experience of ‘the forgotten sibling’: https://www.autismawareness.com.au/aupdate/seeing-the-siblings-siblings-australia 

Online videos:

• Parents and siblings of children with disability describe how having a sibling with disability affects their lives: https://raisingchildren.net.au/disability/family-life/siblings/disability-helping-siblings 
• 2010 Ted Talk by Alicia Maples that popularised the term ‘glass child’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSwqo-g2Tbk 

Books, TV, radio, audio stories, performance & film:

• Books for siblings of children with disability: https://www.sourcekids.com.au/books-for-siblings-of-children-with-disabilities/
• Books and movies for child and adult siblings of children with disability, to feel less alone in their experiences: https://siblingsaustralia.org.au/books-movies/ 
• Alex and Arlo: A Sibling Story. A resource for siblings aged 4-7 and their parents: https://siblingsaustralia.org.au/ebook-form-page/ 
• Nali & Friends, a kids album by ARIA Award-winning musician Dan Sultan about learning to accept difference: https://abcmusic.lnk.to/Nali
• Pablo, a preschool series about a young boy on the autism spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIYB5hDFyhj9psFYZ35g4g 
• ABC Radio broadcast ‘Giving a voice to siblings of children with special needs’: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lifematters/giving-a-voice-to-siblings-of-children-with-special-needs/6618918 
• Audio Story about Zac, a young person, who saw a psychologist for anxiety and depression: https://au.reachout.com/articles/how-zac-saw-a-psychologist-for-anxiety-and-depression 
• Glass Child, by Kayah and Maitreyah Guenther, Kate Harman and Gavin Webber: https://www.performinglines.org.au/projects/glass-child/  
• Oddlands, a film by Back to Back Theatre & Matchbox Pictures: https://backtobacktheatre.com/project/oddlands/ 
• The Reason I Jump, a film that explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world: https://www.madman.com.au/the-reason-i-jump/ 

Research 

• Siblings Australia:

https://siblingsaustralia.org.au/research/ 

• The Sibling Project: https://www.telethonkids.org.au/projects/siblings/

Support and peer connect programs:

• Support and peer connection for young people who provide care for family members: https://www.littledreamers.org.au/
• Support for young carers including a bursary (an award of money) to continue with their education and reduce their need to undertake paid work: https://youngcarersnetwork.com.au/   
• Carer Gateway is an Australian Government program providing free services and support for carers: carergateway.gov.au 
• Support for eligible families with school-aged children to participate in sport, recreational, creative or cultural activities: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/active-and-creative-kids-voucher 
• A social platform, supported by Kids Helpline, for young people to connect with others with a similar experience: https://kidshelpline.com.au/my-circle 
• A place for adult siblings to connect with others: https://siblingsaustralia.org.au/siblings/adults/connect/ 
• Sibplan, a free sibling planning and support resource: https://siblingsaustralia.org.au/services/sibplan/ 

Programs for professionals in the health, education, disability or community services: 

• SibWorks, learn to facilitate a siblings peer support program: https://siblingsaustralia.org.au/services/sibworks/ 

SibWise, an online learning program to better understand and respond to sibling needs and challenges: https://siblingsaustralia.org.au/services/sibwise/