The text presents proceedings from an international conference on music education for handicapped persons. Eighteen papers are presented, along with summaries of clinics on such topics as music with autistic and emotionally disturbed children, music and learning disabled children, musical potential of the hearing impaired, and a multimedia strategy for developing rhythm and tonal competence. Papers address such topics as the arts in special education, current research on musical rhythm, music education and language arts, music as a tool for social acceptance, mainstreaming in music, responsive listening, transfer effects of music, development of linguistic auditory memory patterns, and music education and therapy with mentally handicapped adults. Papers are given in both English and French. (CL)