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Sandra Vanegas, PhD
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Developmental Psychologist; Research Assistant Professor at TCDS at UT-Austin; First-gen, 🇸🇻. Research on Autism/disabilities in underserved communities
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Check out our new article! #downsyndrome Relations between communication and motor skills in young children with Down syndrome: a brief report www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Relations between communication and motor skills in young children with Down syndrome: a brief report
Children with Down syndrome (DS) experience delays across multiple developmental domains, including communication and motor coordination. While prior studies have investigated these domains separat...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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My lab has an open post-doc position!

We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.

The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.

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Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology-2
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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MoLA 2026! Call for abstracts. More information at molautism.org. If you did not receive this in email, please reach out to us (molautism.org/about/contac...).
July 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Great turnout for our Multilingualism and Autism SIG at #INSAR2025!
May 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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At INSAR’s Caregiver Skills Training SIG. Learning from these pioneer ladies so we can launch CST in Chinese immigrant community soon, very soon! #INSAR2025
May 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Incoming INSAR president Dr Brian Boyd kicks off #INSAR2025 by highlighting the consequences of US funding cuts for autism research.

ECRs: I'm not going to pretend to have any clear solutions. But if you'd find it helpful to have a chat, come find me at INSAR

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Federal funding cuts imperil next generation of autism researchers As the International Society for Autism Research’s annual meeting begins, its next president reflects on a brewing crisis. By Brian Boyd According to the 2019 to 2020 report from the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, nearly 83 percent of autism research funding comes from federal sources. Furthermore, many U.S. federal agencies fund autism research abroad; therefore, funding cuts will have global consequences for both early-career and established researchers. Those figures may seem daunting, but the small steps we can take give me hope. First, I encourage established researchers to create space for open, transparent conversations with early-career mentees about the personal and professional impacts of the current funding climate. It’s essential to recognize that researchers from marginalized backgrounds and those working with underserved communities may be disproportionately affected by these challenges. I’m looking forward to some of these conversations happening at this year’s INSAR annual meeting, the preeminent gathering of autism researchers from around the world and at all stages of their careers.
April 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Finally arrived in Seattle!Excited for the start of #INSAR2025!
April 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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NIDCD R01 funded!!! Woohoo! Excited to start this new project focused on the early assessment of autism among Latino children! 😊
January 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Please consider nominating (or self-nominating) for the MoLA Advisory Board! Review of nominations will begin 3 Jan 2025. Additional info here: nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
MoLA Advisory Board Nominations
The Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA) Organizing Committee is soliciting nominations for a MoLA Advisory Board. The Advisory Board will provide feedback and guidance to the Organizing Committee abo...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,383,945!
September 17, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Just a few days left to indicate your interest in our Healthcare Transition Readiness Community Advisory Board! Let me know if you have any questions!
svanegas18.bsky.social Sandra Vanegas, PhD @svanegas18.bsky.social · Oct 16
We're recruiting interested members to join our Community Advisory Board for our newly funded Healthcare Transition Readiness in Youth with IDD research study! Indicate your interest today! redcap.link/7mx78lwr
Healthcare Transition Readiness in Youth with IDD Research Study This newly funded study will investigate healthcare transition readiness among youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their caregivers from minoritized racial/ethnic backgrounds. We are recruiting interested youth/adults with IDD, caregivers of youth with IDD, and professionals who work with youth with IDD to join our Community Advisory Board! The Healthcare Transition Readiness Community Advisory Board will help inform study procedures throughout the study period (2023-2026) and assist with the dissemination of resources and study outcomes. If you are interested in participating, complete the form at the link below or scan the QR code. Interest Form (Submit by October 31, 2023): https://redcap.link/7mx78lwr If you have any questions, please feel free to email Dr. Sandra Vanegas, sandra.vanegas@austin.utexas.edu
October 27, 2023 at 8:26 PM
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We're recruiting interested members to join our Community Advisory Board for our newly funded Healthcare Transition Readiness in Youth with IDD research study! Indicate your interest today! redcap.link/7mx78lwr
Healthcare Transition Readiness in Youth with IDD Research Study This newly funded study will investigate healthcare transition readiness among youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their caregivers from minoritized racial/ethnic backgrounds. We are recruiting interested youth/adults with IDD, caregivers of youth with IDD, and professionals who work with youth with IDD to join our Community Advisory Board! The Healthcare Transition Readiness Community Advisory Board will help inform study procedures throughout the study period (2023-2026) and assist with the dissemination of resources and study outcomes. If you are interested in participating, complete the form at the link below or scan the QR code. Interest Form (Submit by October 31, 2023): https://redcap.link/7mx78lwr If you have any questions, please feel free to email Dr. Sandra Vanegas, sandra.vanegas@austin.utexas.edu
October 16, 2023 at 5:59 PM