Abstract
To evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) among siblings of autistic patients. Casuistic: siblings of autistic patients (n = 31) and, as a control group, siblings of patients with speech disorder (n = 30). age between 7 and 11 years old; absence of current mental disorder; regular attendance to school. antecedents of clinical or psychiatric diseases; disabilities (visual, auditive or motor); antecedents of cognitive and/or intelligence disabilities. Instruments included a questionnaire which evaluated the quality of life in a subjective way. it was observed worse QoL among siblings of autistic patients (p = 0.000). The hypothesis that the quality of life was compromised in children (aged 7 to 11) by the presence of an autistic sibling was confirmed, and was worse than that of siblings of children with speech disorders.
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