906 Sibling Relationships among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Aging Families Tova Band-Winterstein Abstract For better or worse, the relationships between siblings are among the longest and most influential social contexts that people experience throughout their lifespan. Relationships between siblings are dynamic and change at different stages of the life course in general, and in the context of a sibling with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in particular. The prolongation of life and old age as a new arena of coping, present new challenges among adults with IDD, their siblings and aging parents. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an indepth look at the complexity of sibling relationships throughout life and old age in families alongside an adult with IDD. Four themes emerged from the qualitative study described here: 1. “Am I a mother of? A sister of? A friend of? A daughter of?”: The multiple roles of the siblings throughout the life course. In aging families including a sibling with IDD, their siblings take on a variety of roles throughout the life course. These cumulative effects of these roles shape the daily Chapter on page 831
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