Julia Hollander’s daughter, Immie, who was born with severe cerebral palsy, wasn’t able to walk or talk. But she was able to sing and responded to others singing. “That led me to working with people with other kinds of neurological disorders, especially those with dementia,” shares Hollander, a therapist, writer and performer. “I started to realise that what they were getting from singing was actually what we all got. It is a universal human gift.”