A collaborative effort by Taiwan’s Cerebral Palsy Association and the Taipei Music Center is offering people with cerebral palsy the chance to make their own music, despite their physical and vocal limitations.
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00:0060-year-old Yuemei Feng has long had an interest in music, but due to being diagnosed with
00:13a form of cerebral palsy at six months old, her physical limitations made pursuing it
00:18a challenge.
00:29But now she's had an opportunity to express her inner rhythm.
00:33Yuemei, alongside her classmates, is learning to make music, despite the neurological disorders
00:39that affect their motor skills.
00:41The 12-week course in music production is a collaboration between the Taipei Music Center
00:46and Taiwan's Cerebral Palsy Association, offering students much more than a chance
00:51to create their own music.
01:02Facing different physical and vocal limitations, the students explore different ways to make
01:07their own unique sounds.
01:30Already halfway through their program, the students use accessible software to produce
01:35entire songs, with help from music industry experts.
01:51Cerebral palsy, or CP, appears in early childhood, and can vary greatly in severity.
01:57It permanently impacts movement and coordination, often affecting a person's speech functions.
02:03Through rhythm games and by manipulating a variety of musical instruments, students engage
02:09their motor skills, an important form of physical therapy for people with cerebral palsy.
02:14CP is one of the most prevalent conditions impacting movement in the world, affecting
02:19around 3.3 in every 1,000 births in Taiwan.
02:24The roughly 70,000 people living with CP in Taiwan face unique challenges throughout their
02:29entire lives.
02:45But with support and opportunities like this music production course, people like Yue Mei
02:50can pursue passions that previously felt out of reach.
02:59Karma Xu and Reese airs in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.