{"id":1640,"date":"2025-02-27T16:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/?page_id=1640"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:10:42","slug":"social-connections-and-suicidal-thoughts-and-behaviors-in-older-autistic-adults","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/research\/for-research-participants\/participate-in-our-research\/studies-currently-enrolling-participants\/social-connections-and-suicidal-thoughts-and-behaviors-in-older-autistic-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Connections and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Older Autistic Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Description of Study<\/h2>\n<p>The Connections Plus Study is a virtual research study looking at how social and community connections relate to mental health in autistic adults ages 55 and older.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Recruiting Information<\/h2>\n<p>Autistic adults aged 55+ who live in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Participation involves online surveys, 2 video interviews, and carrying a GPS tracker &amp; completing social diaries for 1 week. Compensation up to $100. You can participate in the video interviews either verbally or non-verbally (using the chat function).<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:connectionsplus@unc.edu\">connectionsplus@unc.edu<\/a> or (984) 358-2028<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Additional Information<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1401\/2025\/02\/Updated-Connections_Flyer_v2.pdf\">Download Study Brochure<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Connections Plus Study is a virtual research study looking at how social and community connections relate to mental health in autistic adults ages 55 and older. Autistic adults aged 55+ who live in North Carolina. Participation involves online surveys, 2 video interviews, and carrying a GPS tracker &amp; completing social diaries for 1 week. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/research\/for-research-participants\/participate-in-our-research\/studies-currently-enrolling-participants\/social-connections-and-suicidal-thoughts-and-behaviors-in-older-autistic-adults\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Social Connections and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Older Autistic Adults\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55430,"featured_media":0,"parent":1681,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1640","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1640\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cidd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}