After receiving rhythmic proprioceptive input, ASD children with proprioceptive deficit perform better in visual and auditory attention tasks. 

Rehabilitation through rhythmic stimuli in ASD

Music can help improve cortical plasticity in individuals with motor control disability and ASD individuals with repetitive behavior that is caused by functional and structural variances in sensorimotor area in cerebellum and cerebro-cerebellar networks. It can be improved music that rewire these networks and improve repetitive behavior and motor disability. 

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Adolescents with ASD desire for peer interaction and are likely to experience loneliness during this stage of life. Musical experience helps by excluding dangerous social experience and reduce anxiety that happens during social interaction and improve social skills. 

Use of Music Intervention to Improve Social Skills In Adolescents with ASD. 

Bharathi, G., Jayaramayya, K., Balasubramanian, V., &amp; Vellingiri, B. (2019a, April 26). The potential role of rhythmic entrainment and music therapy intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of exercise rehabilitation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6509464/ 

Music Therapy, Rhythm and ASD Reference

EEG shows that decreased activity in left hemisphere and increased activity in right hemisphere of the brain in individuals with ASD which supports the report made by parents that their children cannot speak but they can sing 

ASD and Music Therapy 

Music helps with communication skills in individuals with ASD because their brain responds to music and the pitch is processed in the right temporal lobe that focuses on speech. 

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