The first article I have chosen is called, “Brief Report: Musical Interaction Therapy fo Children with Autism: An Evaluative Case Study with Two-Year Follow-Up” It was written by Dawn Wimpory, Paul Chadwick and Susan Nash. Published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol. 25, No. 5, 1995. The basis of the study in the article is to record music therapy’s ’social and symbolic’ development of a young child diagnosed with autism.

The second  article I have chosen is titled, ” Music therapy in the assessment and treatment of autistic spectrum disorders: clinical application and research evidence”. Authors: T. Wigram and C. Gold, published December 19, 2005.  This article reviews the positive effects of music therapy on children with limited verbal abilities and non-verble communications. The article states that in some case studies, music therapy had an assortment of positive outcomes such as: language development, behavioral control improvements, emotional responsiveness, ext.