Music therapy has been used for decades to help children with autism spectrum disorder improve their impulse control and social and communications skills. Teaching them how to beat out repetitive ...

This is certainly no ordinary concert. The nonprofit Music for Autism uses song and dance to give autistic children and their parents not just a place to feel welcome, but a place to feel free. "What ...

A day at the Dollywood Family Amusement Park is filled with enough sights, sounds and colors to overstimulate anyone ⁠— especially those with autism. That’s why Dollywood safety manager Judy Toth, who ...

A small room -- only 19 by 11 feet-- is drawing new families to Dollywood, many of which never thought they would be able to go. The park is the first in the world to open a calming room specifically ...