Children with disabled siblings, particularly older sisters, are more strongly involved in sibling care than other children, although, in general, they do not have more household duties. However, there is little empirical support for the notion that childcare restrict their potential for development and self-fulfillment. Siblings of disabled children do not differ from other children in the extent of their social contacts or leisure-time pursuits outside the family. How far responsibility for the care of a disabled sibling impacts the quality of sibling relationships is still uncertain. Nonetheless, it is clear that childcare responsibilities reinforce the nondisabled sibling's dominant status and promote an asymmetric pattern of sibling interaction. Possible ways of preventing risks of siblings of disabled children are: to inform the parents about the specific risks of involving siblings in the care process, to promote open communication between parents and the nondisabled siblings, and to encourage these siblings to cultivate and extent the degree of freedom available to them.