##  [ Autism Awareness Month ](/articles/autism-awareness-month) 

  Submitted by [Angela King-Randall](/whois/4125) on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 10:30 

 Autism Awareness Month ~ Music can stimulate and develop more meaningful and playful communication in individuals with Autism. Play on!

Those with autism have often been found to have a real connection with music. Why not use it to help them?  
Music is a non-verbal, non-threatening medium that elicits positive and successful experiences.  
  
In caring for those with Autism, Music Therapy can:

- Develop and encourage fundamental elements of social interaction, self-awareness, and
- self-in-relation-to-others
- Accommodate and address avoidant styles of communication
- Encourage and explore self-expression
- Improve attention span
- Aid in learning developmentally appropriate cognitive skills
- Reduce aggressive and agitated behaviours
- Elicit positive response at any functioning level



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