Press

Study examines early sensory processing and development in people with autism (July 2025)
2020 Pat Summitt Award funds slated to support Vanderbilt Kennedy Center autism research (Sep 2020)
Webinar: Michelle Failla and David Moore on pain in autism (Jul 2020)
Spectrum Stories: What social touch says about autism (Jun 2019)
How ‘social touch’ shapes autism traits (May 2019)
Our collaborative study of sensory features in high-risk infants, with Dr. Woynaroski and Dr. Goodwin, got some press in Spectrum News after Dr. W. presented the data at SFN (Nov 2016)
Dr. Cascio is interviewed for an article in The Atlantic magazine about sensory processing in autism, and the controversy over whether sensory processing disorder should be its own diagnosis (Jun 2016)
Dr. Failla's work on pain and self-injurious behavior in ASD is covered in Medscape, part of the WebMD Health Professional Network (May 2016)
Kim Schauder's study of tactile defensiveness in ASD and the serotonin system is covered by the Vanderbilt Reporter (Jan 2016)
Dr. Failla is interviewed by Spectrum News at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Chicago about her poster presenting our fMRI study of pain in autism (Oct 2015)
Dr. Cascio is interviewed by Reuters Health about functional connectivity in ASD (Jun 2015)
Dr. Cascio is a guest on NYU's "Doctor Radio" program "About Our Kids," and is interviewed about the lab's research on the role of touch in autism (Jan 2015)
The Cascio lab's study of the role of brain reward systems in restricted interests in autism is covered by the Vanderbilt Reporter (Nov 2013)
Jennifer Foss-Feig's study of visual motion perception in autism covered by Science Daily and Psych Central (May 2013)
Dr. Cascio is interviewed by the Simons Foundation about the rubber hand illusion in autism (Nov 2012)