Music for Students with Asperger's (Autism Spectrum)

[somthinjustaintright]

In order to keep the capitalist boats afloat, we are bound by finance, not science. The "apparent" is not necessarily the "complex." However, if we can't label it, we cannot address it in financial ways, no insurance, no medical attention, no research.

[somthinjustaintright]

In the DSM- V, Asperger's Syndrome will be classified as autism. Autism was a 40 years long study of mine. My final assessments re:what and how the many variations within the Autism present are simple. Any overload of sensoria, neural "miswiring," can present symptoms. The general public, whether genetically driven or not, will present an overly broad range of non-symptoms. Being very good or very bad at something is called, "normal." 38% of South Koreans test positive. That is normalcy.

[chris11sholtz]

i'm also an aspie. i feel very intense emotions, but understanding which emotions are what is difficult, and expressing them is also hard. but i love music! the patterns and predictability of the notes is very nice. i can hear subtle changes in pitch that get filtered out with a normal brain. i don't play any instruments, so i don't know if i have perfect pitch or not, but if i listen to a youtube video of someone playing bach, i hear the mistakes. they stand out and grate on my ears.

[returnoftheramble3]

I've wondered. I don't have aspergers, but since I lost my emotions, music just sounds like a din to me, and I hear all of it. If people with aspergers have autism, don't they have young emotion? Isn't music difficult to understand? It's emotional.

[dilletante2]

my daughter with aspergers is very into music- both learning piano, in a choir, and also plays around with a recorder. i find she uses this special interest with the group as a way to "connect" with others.  its not a difficult concept really- matching special interests with groups of peers focusing on that interest. however, its a fallacy to say everyone with aspergers is musically inclined, that music would bring out a desire to interact- in my experience the desire is there already

[healthmusic]

An interesting point of view. I have Aspergers. I am also a folk musician/singer/songwriter. Much of my original music has concern over healthcare crisis. I think I see this at a different angle because I am an aspie.

I am also starting to write songs for autism awareness too; so far one debut 1/2/08.