--- --- # Music Instruction Could Help Treat Kids with Autism by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 22, 2016 6:07 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 22, 2016 6:07 PM UTC **1\.** [**Music instruction could help treat kids with autism, ADHD and more.**](https://press.rsna.org/timssnet/Media/pressreleases/14%5Fpr%5Ftarget.cfm?id=1911) By the _Radiological Society of North America_ **2\.** [**The berry of the future will be cultivated and harvested by a robot.**](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/the-berry-of-the-future-is-fed-a-specialized-diet-and-picked-by-a-robot) By Deena Shanker at _Bloomberg_ **3\.** [**What if we could get rid of fear all together?**](http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reconditioning-the-brain-to-overcome-fear) By the University of Cambridge **4\.** [**This cooler keeps food fresh for two weeks — and could help the fight against global hunger.**](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-cooler-help-combat-global-hunger-180961170/) By Brittany Shoot at _Smithsonian_ **5\.** [**Replace traditional substitute teachers with guest experts — and boost learning.**](http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2016/11/parachute-substitute-teachers-urban-schools/507791/) By Steve Holt at _CityLab_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Music Instruction Could Help Treat Kids with Autism ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4579862/music-instruction-kids-autism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4579862/music-instruction-kids-autism/"},"headline":"Music Instruction Could Help Treat Kids with Autism","datePublished":"2016-11-22T18:07:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:18.429Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4579862/music-instruction-kids-autism/","keywords":["Innovation","Food","Education","Music","Fear","fruit"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4579862/music-instruction-kids-autism/","name":"Music Instruction Could Help Treat Kids with Autism"}}]}] ```