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May 31 2008

Music and Autism

clefs-heart.gif Yahoo News is carrying a story today about Oliver Sacks, who will be appearing at the Harlem Abyssinian Church during the World Science Festival.  Sacks has a new book out called Musicophilia: Music and the Brain, and in it he explores how people with certain neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and autism positively respond to music.

This is particularly interesting to me because I know at times, Gus has done well with music as a sensory aid.  Even this past week, his teacher used music to calm him when he was getting upset about people talking in the room.  Whenever he’s having a bad episode of crying and confusion, soft classical music can soothe him enough to make it to bedtime.  And other times, he just enjoys it so darned much!  I might approach his teacher about trying to use it more in the classroom.

I think I may also have to check out the book and perhaps review it here.   What are your thoughts about the prospect of using music as a healing method?

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