23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

However G, grew up and his adoptive mother was not
anymore able to direct the situatio; so his adoptive
parents decided to institutionalize him, but they took him
back home every week-end and during summer
holidays.
When G. was about thirteen years old something new
happened: the little family was on the beach and it was
very hot; GG.'s father insisted that the boy had to talk: he
told his so that he was the strongest and therefore G.
had to obey him, As a consequence to this frustration,
G, began slapping violently his face, without any
possibility of stopping, After this event it became very
difficoult to manage with G, at home, and in the institute;
so it became necessary to reach any result, make use
of helmet in order to protect his face, but G. always took
it off, So the director of the institute decided to use pipes
to keep G,'s arms still; the pipes would have been more
and more short in order to be able to get rid of them at,
last, However, as we know, this strategy did not.
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When he was about sixteen he was discharged from the
first institute because he had exceeded the age limit;
then he was admitted as a boarder in the institute
"I,M,P,P, Maria Santissima del Carmelo" of the D,D,A, of
Catania (an assistance institute for psycho-physical
handicapped people).
PHYSICAL SCHEME AND ANALYSIS O F
MOVEMENTS
G, shows a generalized hypotonia with moments
of tension together with psychomotor rigidity. Hands
are used only for slapping himself; there is always an
adult who replaces him in all manual activities. Fine
motility is lacking, When the subiect walks his feet are
wide apart and they seem to sink in the floor, The
movement is not aimed; it is without any destination.
When he sits down he takes a so called "lotus position";
when he lies down on his back he crosses his legs and