Study casts doubt on music therapy for Autistic kids

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We did try music therapy for my daughter and had real concerns over the lack of clinical evidence

The only benefits after spending a few thousand dollars were she discovered she had a talent for classical piano and now loves listening to classical music. I don't, however, think music therapy is necessary to help a child appreciate good music

If I remember right, I started learning to play music at age two,
on a tiny toy xylophone, quickly went on to play piano by ear,
ended up playing bell solos in a drum and bugle corps ...
which was wonderful for my social life as an autistic teen and young adult ...
drum corps was one of the few places I was accepted and fit in.

So I'm all for music therapy ...
but not the kind that costs thousands of dollars.

That's pretty nifty....having a talent for classical piano.

I don't even have a talent for skiffle guitar LOL

I've had a lot of therapy. But not music therapy for autism. From what I've heard of the effects of music, I don't think it effects me any differently. Probably the thing that sets me aside with music is listening to a narrow range of music for weeks on end. Right now it's about ten Pink Floyd songs I listen to daily.

A "skiffle guitar" is not really a guitar.

There was a craze in England in the 1950's where people would play with improvised instruments (similar to how Fat Albert's gang played music). One person would have a tea chest, for example; one a washboard.

With those instruments, "skiffle groups" played American folk songs, primarily.

Lonnie Donegan was the most famous of the skiffle people from that era.

The Beatles started as the Quarrymen. They played skiffle and rock-n-roll.

Thank you, I've learned a lot today.