How Physical Distancing Brought Us Even Closer Together

• By: Roger J. Jou, MD, MPH, PhD Yale University School of Medicine
• January 1st, 2022
• communication, community, COVID-19, neurodiversity, social interaction, technology, videoconferencing, Winter 2022 Issue
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Five years have passed since I last wrote about our social recreation group CASY Sparks, previously known as Project CASY (Community Autism Socials at Yale) in the Spring 2016 Issue of Autism Spectrum News. CASY began to flourish in 2016 with the establishment of the Daniel Jordan Fiddle...

Community Autism Socials at Yale (Project CASY): Developing Group Intervention for Adults Living with Autism

• By: Roger J. Jou, MD, MPH, PhD Yale Child Study Center
• April 1st, 2016
• adults, group intervention, social skills
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Recommending a “social skills” group is a very common intervention seen in treatment plans of both children and adults living with autism. Despite their popularity, the evidence supporting the effectiveness of social skills groups in children is limited and the situation is more serious in...