Music therapy has been used for decades to help children with autism spectrum disorder improve their impulse control and social and communications skills. Teaching them how to beat out repetitive ...

the most compelling evidence supporting the clinical benefits of music therapy lies in social-emotional responsiveness and communication, including reduced anxiety, improved speech output, receptive ...

*For years, conversations about autism and the arts have centered on inclusion. Jazz Hands for Autism is focused on something ...

This is certainly no ordinary concert. The nonprofit Music for Autism uses song and dance to give autistic children and their parents not just a place to feel welcome, but a place to feel free. "What ...

In an inviting space full of vibrant bold colors, fiber optic curtains, and a vibrating haptic chair, sounds of “Row Row Row Your Boat” and other popular children’s songs fill the air, and children ...

My 28-year-old severely autistic son Nat is a front man in a rock band. Yes, you read that right. And it's a good band, that sometimes is paid for gigs. Yet in Real Life Nat speaks with great ...

THERE’S A STUDIO HELPING CHILDREN WHO ARE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM LEARN MUSIC IN A SAFE AND EDUCATIONAL FORMAT. 12 NEWS MALLORY ANDERSON TAKES US TO H SQUARED STUDIOS, WHERE KIDS ARE FEELING EMPOWERED ...

MACON, Ga. — In honor of Autism Acceptance Month, one non-profit is looking to celebrate all of those with autism right in Central Georgia. On Saturday, Central Georgia Autism held its fourth annual ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — In a huge house outside Gig Harbor people who might have been sidelined for their differences are instead put on stage. Their musical talents on full display. "Music is a wonderful ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- There's nothing like watching a crowd sway to the beat of your creation. Diego Vargas should know. By day he's a student at California's Fresno City College, but by night, he's DJ ...

"You can't think of the negatives; you've got to think of the positives," Love on the Spectrum star Tyler White tells his fiancée Madison Marilla in a new YouTube video, where she interviews him about ...