When James was a youngster, he enjoyed playing tracks over and over. I Am the Walrus, by theBeatles Autobahn, by Kraftwerk.
“He hears emotion in music. I know that for a fact,” James’s daddy the Guardian reporter John Harris informs Helen Pidd.
After James’s autism medical diagnosis, John discovered that songs was a terrific means for them to link, which he discovers in his brand-new publication, Maybe I’m Amazed: A Story of Love and Connection in Ten Songs.
Helen speaks with John regarding what he’s found out about the means autistic individuals experience songs, and the difficulties and stereotypes autistic individuals still deal with. She likewise goes to the songs course, Sound Lab, where James plays tools with various other autistic and learning-disabled youths.
In the podcast, John reviews taking James to see Kraftwerk heading at Bluedot event.
“Ginny, my partner, put her hand on James’s chest, and his heart was beating so fast and kind of flapping his hands, getting really, really excited. And then when they played Autobahn, which I think was about two-thirds of the way through, with these visuals of an animated VW Beetle driving down a German road, he was having this sort of mystical experience. But we all were. It was amazing, absolutely amazing.”
“And I remember driving back through the Cheshire countryside, thinking that’s the best gig I’ll ever see.”
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