News: Music and Dance as an Autism Therapy Aid

Joanne Lara, the creator of the music and dance based DVD, AUT-erobics paired with the Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation in Jamaica recently. AUT-erobics is the outcome of Lara's Autism Movement Therapy (AMT) intervention. AUT-erobics combines movement and music to increase motor skills and cognitive skills - Lara calls it, "innovative inter-hemispheric sensory integration strategies (neuro-plasticity)....designed to unlock and improve communication, cognitive and academic skills as well as increase social and behavioural awareness skills in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Maia Chung says the foundation will offer AUT-erobics for free to Jamaican parents who bring a blank DVD. The foundation is focused on making autism therapies available at the lowest cost to Jamaican children with autism.

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