{"id":17824,"date":"2013-10-31T13:07:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T13:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=17824"},"modified":"2017-10-24T10:55:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:55:37","slug":"music-gives-autistic-people-a-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/music-gives-autistic-people-a-voice","title":{"rendered":"Music gives autistic people a voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 415px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/no-logo-Sally-main-pic-450pix-EP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17834 \" alt=\"Sally Greenwell and her music therapy instruments\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/no-logo-Sally-main-pic-450pix-EP-415x312.jpg\" width=\"415\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sally Greenwell and her music therapy instruments<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Freelance music therapist, Sally Greenwell, helps people with <a title=\"The National Autistic Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autism.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">autism<\/a> across Southeast Wales find their voice through music and song.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sally, 30, believes that music therapy enables autistic people of any age to feel in control and express themselves freely, an opportunity that the daily frustrations of autism rarely allow.<\/p>\n<p>Each of Sally\u2019s private sessions are tailored to the personal needs of her clients. Together, they work with a range of instruments including drums, guitars, keyboards and the Skoog, an electronic sensory instrument.<\/p>\n<p>Sally said, \u201cI have a client who could not move or talk. After a year of therapy, he can now control an instrument himself and is always smiling. It\u2019s the tiny things in the sessions that are so important.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 256px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/music-boy-450pix-EP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17874 \" alt=\"One of Sally's clients\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/music-boy-450pix-EP-256x312.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Sally&#8217;s clients<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music therapist, Sally Greenwell, helps autistic people express themselves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[2929,2931,2932,2933,501,2966,2930],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - 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