Happy New Year from LASR! 🥳 Calling all kids!

Our team is excited to be at #INSAR2022! Looking forward to learning from leaders in autism research and autistic scholars, as well as presenting work from our lab to engage others International Society for Autism Research, INSAR

Come talk with Alisa Zoltowski about #socialtouch in #autism at #INSAR2022 Thursday, May 12: 11:30-1:30pm -- Poster Session Title: A Pilot Study of Active Social Touch in Autism

Come talk with Jennifer M. Quinde about nuances in facial expressiveness in #autism at #INSAR2022 Thursday, May 12: 11:30-1:30pm -- Poster Session Title: Subtypes of Spontaneous Empathic Facial Expression Production in Autistic Adults

Open to the public! 🎬 SENSE Theatre® ACM Lifting Lives® Summer Camp Production: The Year of the Ladybug June 17-18, 7 p.m. CT Vanderbilt's Wyatt Rotunda on Peabody Campus 👏 To the talented actors and Dr. Blythe Corbett and her clinical research program team within PART

Excited to share new toolkits from TRIAD at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center: Promoting Neurodiversity, Self-Determination in Early Childhood Services: mailchi.mp/vumc/toolkits-…

We're looking to add a postdoc to our team at Vanderbilt! Please spread the word. Our ideal candidate has experience in EEG, psychophysiology and/or MRI, and is passionate about autism, sensory processing, and the brain. Contact us or Carissa Cascio for more information!

Our lab kicked off November with many students presenting at the VKC Communications Science Day! 👏 Carissa Cascio for chairing this stimulating day of sharing research. Check out our lab's latest research: casciolab.com

As we close out 2022, we would like to thank everyone for their participation in our research and academic efforts this past year, both participants and families, as well as our professional colleagues! Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!

Check out our lab newsletter highlighting LASR research updates, participant experiences, resources and more! bit.ly/LASR-2023Resea…

Dr. Carissa Cascio Carissa Cascio will be presenting exciting research updates at this week's Vanderbilt Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Friday 1/20 at 12pm CST Luton Lecture Hall, VPH 1206 🗣️

📢 Great event happening today Vanderbilt University from 7-9pm at Buttrick 305. See you there!

LASR Lab is touching down ✈️in Stockholm for #INSAR2023 Annual Meeting! We are excited to share our research and learn from others. We will be posting daily schedules so you can find and connect with our team at #INSAR2023. Check back! Full program here: autism-insar.org/page/2023AnnMtg

Stop by #INSAR2023 Poster Session📊-Brain Function🧠5:30-7:00pm: Jennifer M. Quinde: Exploring the geometry-aware resting state neural signature of cognitive empathy in autism Kacie Dunham-Carr, PhD: Potential Neural Correlates of Audiovisual Speech Processing in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth

#INSAR2023 Happening Now! Pop-in to Panel: Individual Variability in Sensory Processing and Developmental Links to Autism: Interdisciplinary Findings from Infancy to Adulthood Giorgia Bussu, Viola Hollestein, and Jason He and our director Carissa Cascio serving as discussant

Come chat with our team at #INSAR2023 11:30-1:30 Poster Session: Sensory motor and repetitive behaviors and interests II Alisa Zoltowski preliminary work presented by Caitlin Convery: Putting the Self in Context: "A Preliminary Study of Interoceptive-Exteroceptive Integration..."

Rounding out #INSAR2023 check out 11:30-1:30 Poster Session: Sensory motor and rbs and interests II Zack Williams, PhD: Psychometric Evaluation of the Multidimensional Inventory of Sound Tolerance in Adults (MIST-A): A Novel Self-Report Measure Assessing Decreased Sound Tolerance..

Zack has worked with us both as a researcher and as an autistic self-advocate on several VKC-sponsored panel discussions. Always a fantastic addition to our speaker lineup! Be sure to register for this discussion on May 16! bit.ly/415AkEU

Incredible science, meaningful connections, inspiring vibes at #INSAR2023. See you next year! In the meantime, keep in touch: casciolab.com

LASR is hiring! Carissa Cascio is recruiting a Clinical/Translational Research Coordinator to help manage research projects related to sensory & facial processing in individuals with autism. See full job post on our Facebook: facebook.com/AutismLASR #researchjobs #autism #science