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Video: Ethan Plays 'Piano Man'

A video of Ethan, a six-year-old boy with autism, playing Billy Joel's "Piano Man" has become an internet sensation. Now Billy Joel himself has praised Ethan's performance, saying, "I think I like his intro to "Piano Man…
Autism Light: Matthew Echan

Matthew Echan is from Orange, California. His son Josiah has autism. Matthew Echan is a folk singer and song writer, as well as the Lead Social Skills Instructor at Autism Spectrum Therapies. Matthew Echan is an Autis…
How Music Can Help Non-Verbal Children With Autism

Auditory-Motor Mapping Training as an Intervention to Facilitate Speech Output in Non-Verbal Children with Autism: A Proof of Concept Study Finally, a protocol has been designed that actually tests a way to use…
Mike Corey: A musician with a message about mental illness/disorder

When Mike Corey put a link for his music on my facebook page, I must admit, I almost deleted it. I don't allow marketing for much on my page and try to filter out any spam that turns up. This is the internet after all…
Melancholy Birthdays

This post has been playing on my mind all week. the wording,the structure. How I can make it not sad or melancholy. How I can make the post happy and upbeat. It's a birthday I should be so happy to have a healthy chil…
Fitting Music in to Homeschooling

As a parent who home-schools you want to do everything in your power to educate your children. Am I right? You can quickly get overwhelmed at the possibilities,especially this time of year when everyone is postin…
Don't Stop Believing

I write this early on a Sunday morning. Nathan is here with me. It's the end of vacation. It was a blur of working, kids, having fun, lots of Uno playing, rule reminding, etc. I've been going back and forth between…
Stomp

I’ve been with Alex through a couple of movies in theaters. Where the Wild Things Are he sat through quietly, I think because the movie was quiet. How to Train Your Dragon Alex fidgeted through, even though th…
Video: Know the Hope by Tammy Vice

The beautiful songs of Tammy Vice, devoted parent/advocate and talented singer/songwriter, always induce a tear or two from me. Of this song, above, she writes, "Th[is] song was originally written after Morgan had a m…
Shania Twain and My Autistic Boy

The first thing I told my son’s teacher, when we met, was that my son is extremely hard to motivate. When he doesn’t want to do a task, he won’t do it. No matter what. Unless you have the right moti…