Rhythmic Relating: Bidirectional Support for Social Timing in Autism Therapies.

ABSTRACT: We propose Rhythmic Relating for autism: a system of supports for friends, therapists, parents, and educators; a system which aims to augment bidirectional communication and complement existing therapeutic approaches. We begin by summarizing the developmental significance of social timing and the social-motor-synchrony challenges observed in early autism. Meta-analyses conclude the early primacy of such challenges, yet cite the lack of focused therapies. We identify core relational parameters in support of social-motor-synchrony and systematize these using the communicative musicality constructs: pulse; quality; and narrative. Rhythmic Relating aims to augment the clarity, contiguity, and pulse-beat of spontaneous behavior by recruiti

SUBMITTER: Daniel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9186469 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature