Music and Movement Arts Integration and Children with Disabilities

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often heightened musical responsiveness (Hourigan, 2009). Seashore’s ideas about music also speak to other disorders such as ADD and ADHD, developmental delays and learning disabilities, and psychiatric illnesses and emotional disturbances. The physical and cognitive components of music and movement are key factors of sensory integration, shown to be elemental in childhood development (Ayres, 1979). Because both physical and non-physical disabilities can hinder or over-amplify one or more of the senses, it is important to understand holistically the ways disabled children experience and engage with their environment, working to play into their strengths and minimize exacerbations.

In his 1981 book Teaching the Child Under Six, J.L. Hymes reminds us that young children are not good sitters; nor are they good at keeping quiet and they are hungry for stimulation (Edwards, 2013). These characteristics are often amplified in developmentally and intellectually disabled children ...

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