Published on 12, July, 2020
Daughter with ASD says she can not sing - not that she is bad at it, that when she tries no noise comes out. Unfortunately as part of her Drama A Level, she needs to be able to for the Audition component. For every other element she is on track to getting a Distinction - should we be asking for an exemption?
If she can talk then she can always rap to start with.
Going from this to singing is a form of holding the sounds for longer and at different notes, so getting started with just talking and holding the odd syllable for a few seconds will demonstrate she has the mechanics to do it, just the lack of confidence to try.
Maybe start with some silly songs to start with to lighten the mood and make it more fun to do.