How an elite music school is increasing access for students with disabilities
Jeffrey Brown:
Ashton Kiprotich, diagnosed with autism when he was nearly 2 years old, didn't speak until he was 7. He still has difficulty processing thoughts into speech.
But, here, his mother, Kelly Phillips says, teachers like Miles Wilcox really get it, offering love and patience, as well as training in how to hold a bow. And music somehow brings out something different in her son.
Kelly Phillips, Mother of Ashton Kiprotich: Still, he struggles with processing, auditory processing disorder.
And so it's really — there's a lot of delay in getting answers from him. So we still see that. With music, I don't see that happen at all. It's just there. He is very spontaneous. He plays in different keys. He will sit down and play something he's heard that he's never seen the music for.
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