Peter Burke, a senior lecturer at the University of Hull, examines a wide variety of case scenarios to highlight the difficulties faced by many siblings and young carers. He investigates evidence of "disability by association", where siblings experience social exclusion or neglect, as well as the competition for a parent's attention and the role of young carers.
The case scenarios are particularly well written. They portray the positive feelings that siblings experience as well as the negative. Some of the stories are particularly heart-warming, such as the seven-year-old who defends her disabled brother from negative comments at school. Or the six-year-old who wants his brother to attend the same school as him but doesn't mention it to his mother "because she must have her reasons".
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