Daily Monitor
Monday May 03 2021
Summary
One of the reasons that music has quickly become a tool used in autism therapy is that it can stimulate both hemispheres of the brain, rather than just one. Music encourages communicative behaviour and can encourage interaction with others, which is something that autistic children have great difficulty with.
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Music is an important tool for children living with autism because of its ability to engage and calm them down. A number of parents and teachers of children living with autism say they have successfully used music to teach and communicate. Perside Bijou Namatovu says she realised her son Elijah Matovu Mawa, was not as well developed as other children at six years.