Dance/movement therapy has the capacity to meet people with autism in many ways. This approach is not only unique, but unlike many treatment approaches in autism, the goal is to channel the ...

Organizers of the 13th annual Autism AwareNESS dance-a-thon at Eastlake Middle School are seeking donations. To mark Autism Awareness Month, this year’s 12-hour dance marathon will take place on April ...

This summer, the non-profit Miami Dance Project has been using music and movement to reach and teach children with autism. For the past six weeks, a special dance therapy camp has been taking place at ...

The Willoughby-Eastlake City School District has announced details for this year’s Autism AwareNESS Dance-A-Thon. On April 25, Eastlake Middle School and the community will celebrate Autism Awareness ...

NEWARK, Del. — For James Griffin, his afternoon movement class is so much more than a therapy session. “He loves to come. He'll say to me, 'go dance,' " said his mother, Rachelan Griffin. “So, he's ...

Researchers are studying how movement helps children with special needs improve social communication and motor skills. By Michele C. Hollow As soon as James Griffin gets off the school bus he tells ...

When Steven Isicoff, manager of the Mosaic Dance Project, saw kids with autism dancing during the nonprofit dance company’s Meaningful Movement class last week, he “was almost crying,” he says.

Jordan Soriano, 26, uses his dance skills to communicate with his audience despite having nonverbal autism. Soriano's instructor and dance partner says he has grown a lot thanks to dance when it comes ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A team of researchers is studying the connection between dance and autism. They’re combining dance and neuroscience, in hopes of learning how dance can affect those with ...

NEW YORK — Actor Haven Burton wasn't worried about what professional critics thought of her new musical “How to Dance in Ohio." Who she really wanted to hear from was her 11-year-old son, Hudson. The ...

With numbers now being reported from the Center for Disease Control that 1 within 68 children have an autism diagnosis, it’s pretty clear that autism is a major health crisis, yet still in many ways ...

Julia Basso, the director of the Embodied Brain Lab at Virginia Tech, readily admits that few college students choose to double major in the unlikely tandem of dance and neuroscience. But sort of like ...