Mozart Can Help Autistic Kids
Updated : Mar 5, 2009
Playing Mozart to children with autism can rapidly advance their progress, according to speech and language therapist Karen O'Connor.
The Lift music therapy programme, using the Austrian composer's symphonies, can hasten development by up to three years in one month. Ms O'Connor has opened the first clinic in Dublin offering the Lift treatment, which is specifically designed to help children with autism, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyspraxia.
She said: “Certain music, in particular Mozart, has an effect on opening up the neuropathways - which are like highways to the part of the brain which allows us to attend, listen, absorb and express ourselves.â€
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