Patsy’s Story
Music therapy has helped Patsy, who is autistic, find new ways to communicate and express herself without words.
Patsy is seven years old and has an autism disagnosis, which affects her communication, social interaction and verbal development.
Things most children take for granted have been inaccessible to Patsy. She can’t join in games or play, which can make her world a very isolated place to be. But by working with one of our music therapists she has been able to find new ways to express herself.
“I felt silence in my house for five and a half years,” says Kathy, Patsy’s mum. “But through music, Patsy has been able to communicate. Through music therapy, her speech became clearer and she was showing that she wanted to interact.”
To this point my little girl had been unable to speak – and here she was communicating through music. At Nordoff and Robbins, Patsy didn’t need words to have a voice.
Kathy, Patsy’s mum
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