Reviewed by
Linda Wanfried

There are samples of her songs on her web page that you can listen to. I didn't bother, I just ordered a tape. It is fabulous. Five stars. I laughed, I cried. Here are some song titles: "Personal Space Invader", "Flexibility", "It's OK to Play Differently - The Arranging Song". Some songs seem useful for our kids as prompts, and also for friends to explain their challenges. I have another confession: I haven't played this tape for anyone else in my family yet. Even if I never do, it's still worth the price. It's really wonderful to hear this lady singing songs about autism. THat may sound ridiculous, but to me it felt really comforting and hopeful to hear somebody singing about this stuff.

"There is a girl in my class, Christina is her name. One day last week she was child of the day. Her father came tot tell us all about her because Christina doesn't talk to us. "Why doesn't she talk? Why does she move her hands like that? She only wants to play with the same old toy cat. She doesn't seem to hear a single word that we say. She won't look in our eyes, she just looks away. "Her father says she hears every word that we say. She just feels the world in a different way. He told us all about the things that she likes to do. He Said,"Keep on inviting her to play with you. "She is not so different from me and you. Everyone has things that are hard for them to do. But because she doesn't talk, and the way she moves her hands She can't hide her differences the way that we can."

As Jeanne Lyons says in her promotional material, this music would make a nice gift for teachers and therapists as well as friends and family. I agree.