Social participation to support good mental health in neurodisability.

Background: Young people with neurodisability experience lower levels of mental wellbeing and are at increased risk of mental illness compared with their non-disabled peers. Social participation is recognized as a protective factor against mental illness and a potential pathway to support better mental wellbeing in neurodisability.

Method: This co-design study involved young people, parents and clinicians.

Siblings of children with Williams syndrome: Correlates of psychosocial adjustment and sibling relationship quality.

Background: Previous research has examined adjustment in parents of children with Williams syndrome (WS), but little is known about sibling outcomes.

Aims: To explore sibling adjustment and relationship quality, and their demographic, psychological and behavioural phenotypic correlates from the perspective of caregivers and siblings in families of children with WS.

Methods And Procedures: Forty-one caregivers of children with WS participated in this questionnaire study on the adjustment and relationship quality of the siblings.