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Music History 

Guitar autographed by surviving members of the Hip up for auction to benefit Autism Home Base

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Autism, Autism Home Base, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Rob Baker, The Hip, Tragically Hip

How would you like a one-of-a-kind guitar?  What if that guitar was signed by the surviving members of the Tragically

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Music News 

ASD Kicks Out the Jams for Canadian Autism Awareness Month

October 20, 2020October 19, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments ASD, ASD Band, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Canadian Autism Awareness Month, Music, Music Therapy, special needs

Looking for a little musical joy in your life? Meet ASD, a very cool Canadian band of really talented musicians

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Music News 

March 1 is World Music Therapy Day

February 17, 2019February 16, 2019 Amber Healy 3 Comments Alzheimer's, Autism, Dementia, Music, Music Therapy, Parkinson's Disease, World Music Therapy Day

Listening to a song you love makes you feel good, right? In a very basic way, that’s what music therapy

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, June 8, 2018

June 8, 2018June 7, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Autism, Bob Marley, David Cassidy, Humboldt Broncos, iPhone, Netflix, Prince, Sonic Attacks, Tetris, Ticketfly, VR

On this day in 1949, George Orwell’s 1984 was published. Back to the future: music news for June 8, 2018.

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, August 28, 2017

August 28, 2017August 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Autism, Beyonce, Bob Dylan, Cambridge, Dothraki, Elon Musk, Game of Thrones, Hurricane Harvey, Leonard Cohen, Liam Gallagher, Motley Crue, Prince, Siri, Somalia, Tommy Lee, Uganda

Happy 80th birthday, Toyota Motors! And now, the music news for August 28. I have it on pretty solid authority

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, August 11, 2017

August 11, 2017August 10, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Autism, Chris Cornell, Dabbing, Dropkick Murphys, Facebook, Michael Jackson, Music Festivals, Music Therapy, Rancid

I seem to have acquired an intense like for kombucha. Where did that come from? Whilst I sip my tea,

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Music News Recommended Music 

Random Music News for Wednesday, March 8, 2017

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Autism, Cher, George Michael, Napster, Nightclubs, Record Collecting, Songalytic, Spotify, SXSW, VR

Happy (Merry?) International Women’s Day! And now, the music news. Women are buying and selling more vinyl than ever before.

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Using the Power of Music to Help Autistic Children

April 27, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Autism, Cheap Trick, Music Therapy

Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick and his wife, Alison, have a new project that uses music to help severely autistic

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Music News 

The UK’s Number One Autistic Rock Group

August 15, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Autism, Autistix

Yes, every member of The Autistix has been diagnosed as being somewhere on the autistic spectrum. But that doesn’t mean

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Cool! 

Is the Best Music Show on the Internet Hosted by Two Autistic Guys?

September 2, 2014September 1, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Autism, Nick and JB, WCET-TV

I’d never heard of Nick and JB before this article from Vice, even though the program has been running for

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Movies 

Anyone Seen Mission to Lars?

July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 Alan Cross 2 Comments Autism, Documentary, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, Tom Spicer

Michael points us to this trailer for a documentary about Tom Spicer, a man who has Fragile X, a severe

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