Music Therapy and Autism
This week we are introducing you to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and how it has helped people with autism.
Jules Alexander Este, a 24-year-old who’s been a client of NYU’s Nordoff Robbins Center for 15 years, described how he walks out of each therapy session a ‘semi-new me.’ Group sessions with other autistic young men who shared his love of Disney songs—and his contagious laugh—helped him grieve after the death of a cherished uncle.
“This place is a sanctuary,” he said. “In music therapy I feel accepted and out of danger. It has made me more musical, more vibrant, and more understanding.”