Sound Therapy

At Decoda we don’t claim to be authorities but we are observant. We’ve seen the impact of what we do on people with ASD (autistic spectrum disorder) though we can’t necessarily explain it.
A young woman comes to the Music Gym at the moment who has experienced difficulty in attending a local day centre - she becomes anxious faced with so many people. Her carer was unsure how she’d react here to loud music and a relatively large group, but over the last few months she has blossomed.
She now talks to all the facilitators and volunteers. She knows everyone else who comes and will sometimes go to speak to them. At first there were things she said she didn’t want to do - gradually she did them with someone else, now she’ll try them out by herself.
Is it because people are allowed space and time? During the pilot project an older man came who just walked up and down by the wall for about 8 sessions then simply walked over to the Soundbeam, sat down and started playing it as if he’d always done that. Staff from his centre reported that it was like a door opening in his mind and he participated in some other activities after that.
Any observations are very welcome.

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