CASY: Cultural Autism Studies at Yale

Role: Participant, website support.
Upcoming training webinars.


“In modern life, embedded within larger neuronormative cultures, autistic people have not had much chance to explore a shared culture. Now, however, technology has afforded us completely new ways to engage in those explorations together, and the exciting thing is that autistic culture, as its own thing, is just now beginning to reach a kind of critical mass and take form. CASY is an important nexus as we all participate in our explorations, definitions, generatings, recording and sharing of this flowering bud.

CASY was set up and initiated by Dr. Jou, with the support of Dr. Prince-Hughes. CASY is open to all Autistic/Neuro-Holographic people, whether officially or self-identified. We also welcome allies with the understanding that autistic voices are core. We have very few places in the world where we can enjoy self-determination and a direct engagement with our culture. Learning and questioning are always welcome, but we ask that our sovereignty as a living body, as a culture, is respected. This is an Autism-positive space that embraces autism as a way of being and not a disorder, a dysfunction, or something to cure or control.”

Sponsored by the Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities

Find out more: CASY

Join us to explore, define, generate, record and preserve autistic culture:
CASY Website
Facebook Group
MeetUp Space
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