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Speaking for Ourselves: Conversations on Life, Music, and Autism

By Michael B. Bakan, Mara Chasar (Editor), Graeme Gibson (Editor), Elizabeth J. Grace (Editor), Zena Hamelson (Editor), Dotan Nitzberg (Editor), Gordon Peterson (Editor), Maureen Pytlik (Editor), Donald Rindale (Editor), Amy Sequenzia (Editor), Addison Silar (Editor)
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By Michael B. Bakan, Mara Chasar (Editor), Graeme Gibson (Editor), Elizabeth J. Grace (Editor), Zena Hamelson (Editor), Dotan Nitzberg (Editor), Gordon Peterson (Editor), Maureen Pytlik (Editor), Donald Rindale (Editor), Amy Sequenzia (Editor), Addison Silar (Editor)
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Since the advent of autism as a diagnosed condition in the 1940s, the importance of music in the lives of autistic people has been widely observed and studied. Articles on musical savants, extraordinary feats of musical memory, unusually high rates of absolute or "perfect" pitch, and the effectiveness of music-based therapies abound in the autism literature. Meanwhile, music scholars and historians have posited autism-centered explanatory models to account for the unique musical artistry of...

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PsychologyPsychological DisordersAutism & Asperger's SyndromeAutism Spectrum Disorders * General