Sean Neilson was 13 when he found his brother Ryan, a cerebral palsy sufferer, face down on his bed on a Sunday morning. It was later at hospital when the realisation came. "Everything passed by in a flash and I remember thinking: 'I can't deal with this'," recalls Sean, who is now 19. "The easiest way for me to deal with the fact that he had died was to be with him in death. He was such a big part of our lives that it seemed the only way to stop the pain."
Support services limited
More than nine out of 10 young people are thought to have experienced the death of somebody important to them by the age of 16. But according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, little research has been conducted into their needs and the support they require (YPN, 15-21 June, p3).
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