Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

When it’s bath time for Janna Simpson, her mother sometimes throws together a tune. “Take a bath, take a bath, take a bath,” Judy Simpson might chant, luring her daughter into the water.

Janna isn’t a toddler, and her mother isn’t simply singing along. Janna is a 15-year-old with autism, a speech impairment and a seizure disorder. Music, Judy Simpson says, has been key to getting her to engage in such everyday activities as taking a bath; it’s also an alternative to verbal instructions in helping her overcome social and behavioral problems.

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