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. 

Music, Brain and Connectivity 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. 

Rhythm, Cortical Plasticity and ASD 

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. 

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Music Therapy is found to be effective to decrease depression and anxiety, help adults suffered from a stroke and children with autism with their attention span, improve mood and help with social skills and behavior. 

Effectiveness of Music Therapy 

Bilgehan Eren, &amp; AbstractThe lack of social interest is one of the core features of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Individuals with ASD suffer direct and indirect consequences related to their social interaction deficits. The effect of these deficits of. (2015, August 7). The use of music interventions to improve social skills in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders in integrated group music therapy sessions. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815041191 

Use of Music Therapy to Improve Social Skills in Adolescents with ASD Reference

Music Therapy helps to strengthen sound perception in stroke patients through melody and rhythm of the music, and  understand language through lyrics and singing. Music is differentiated by the left brain that understands lyrics and differentiates rhythms and the right brain understands the melody. 

Benefit of Music Therapy on Stroke Patients 

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

Neurological Music Therapy (NMT) includes twenty standardized techniques which are divided into three areas: sensorimotor, language and speech that treat neurodevelopmental disorders like ASD. 

Neurological Music Therapy (NMT) 

ASD and Rhett Syndrome can be detected early in infants when there is disorganized rhythm and synchrony. Rhythm plays an important role in motor control, cognitive functions, and sensory perception in fetus and after birth which is why rhythm is also associated with ASD, Neural malfunction and language problems. 

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