sibling of a child with disabilities
Refers to a child who has a sibling with a disability or chronic illness. Used in social welfare and family support contexts.
More support is needed for siblings of children with disabilities.
She talked about her experience as a sibling of a child with disabilities.
A less common, general term for a child who is a sibling. The primary meaning is sense 1; this sense may appear in broader or older usage.
This study focused on the relationships among child siblings.
障害児 means 'child with a disability', whereas きょうだい児 refers to the sibling of such a child.
Standard spelling using the kana for きょうだい to avoid gender specificity, with 児 meaning 'child'.
Kanji spelling; 兄弟 literally means 'brothers' but is used here in the broader sense of 'siblings'. May be seen in some contexts.
Compound of きょうだい (sibling) and 児 (child). The term likely emerged in social welfare discourse to describe the siblings of children with disabilities.