Table X.

What life lessons have you learned from your brother or sister with DS? (N = 265 brothers and sisters ages 12 and older).

Category	Total*	%
life is good/rewarding/joy/important perspectives	115	41
understanding of differences	82	29
patience	77	27
how to love	41	15
everyone has talents	24	9
people with DS are more alike than different	21	7
Perseverance/hard work	18	6
don’t let others define you/know thyself	18	6
humility	13	5

^*Indicates number of siblings who incorporated this category in their response to this question; percentages will not add to 100%, as responses might contain more than one category.