"Music Can Bring Relationships Together"
Are you a young person with autism who is shy about meeting new friends in the neurotypical world? I sure had that experience and now I'm comfortable with it thanks to my love of music. I bet you think that sounds strange. Music can really help people with autism and all kinds of special needs fit in the world without special needs. I didn’t know that music was going to be such a big help to me until I joined the School of Rock (SoR) in Chatham, New Jersey back in 2009. Two of my best friends in SoR Chatham were and still are, Teddy Cole and Kate Parker. Neither have autism but they both support, care and love people with all special needs. As soon as we met, we clicked musically and as friends. It may have helped that before they met me, they both had known other people with autism but none of them were musicians. Neither one of them were concerned about me fitting in because of my autism. Teddy says that we were all young and just starting out together ha