Introduction Music therapy is the use of music interventions to achieve individualized goals of healing the body, mind, and spirit. It involves skilled music therapists, who act as mediators to interact with patients, assesses their physical, emotional, and mental needs, and offer them with the necessary healing through music. Music therapy integrates various musical elements and certain therapeutic protocols to achieve certain objectives (Bruscia, 2000). Many people obtain some kind of healing whenever they have emotional, cognitive, or social issues through music. People living with disabilities or certain illnesses have often found music to offer a soothing environment that facilitates the healing process. Music uses creative, emotional and a non-verbal language to enable users to gain self-awareness and self-expression. In many cases, people have found music to be more powerful than plain words, as it offers a unique channel of communication and expression. Essentially, people suffering from autism and Alzheimer’s disease, and those having developmental disabilities can always become beneficiaries of music therapy. This paper will give a brief history of music therapy, and its role as an alternative treatment for autism and Alzheimer’s disease. Thereafter, the paper will give a brief discussion on the politic of making music therapy a real treatment. History of music therapy Music therapy traces its history back in the times of Aristotle and Plato. The writers wrote great articles describing the effect of music on health and personal behavior. After the First and Second World War, musicians felt that the only way to show gratitude to the war veterans was to visit them in the hospitals and soothe them with nice music. Surprisingly, the veterans responded positively to music, as their rate of recovery from physical and emotional trauma increased significantly. Their response triggered the doctors to confirm that music had some miraculous healing power. The doctors and nurses went ahead and ordered the hiring of musicians to help in relieving trauma in patients. Within no time, the demand for trained music therapists rose significantly, and Michigan State university began offering training in music therapy. Its first group of students graduated in 1944, and the society was impressed with the existence of the remarkable course. Thereafter, several developments occurred in the field of music therapy, and the ringleaders founded the American Music Therapy Association in 1998. In today’s world, music therapists are imperative in hospitals, schools, rehabilitation centers, and nursing homes among other places. Some medical practitioners have backed up sociologists in approving the power that music has in reducing stress, easing anxiety, and bringing a relaxation mode to patients (Lisa, 2009). Indeed, music plays a great role in promoting the emotional, physical, and mental well being for patients suffering from the autism spectrum disorder and Alzheimer’s disease among many other diseases. Role of music therapy as an alternative treatment for Autism and Alzheimer’s disease Autism is a condition that is common in children and adolescents while Alzheime