{"id":1483,"date":"2016-03-08T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2016-03-08T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T15:04:16","slug":"cafe-scientifique-virtual-reality-alleviating-anxieties-in-autism-21st-march-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/2016\/03\/08\/cafe-scientifique-virtual-reality-alleviating-anxieties-in-autism-21st-march-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafe Scientifique &#8211; Virtual Reality: Alleviating Anxieties in Autism, 21st MArch 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>Virtual Reality: Alleviating Anxieties in Autism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"intro\">Dr Jeremy Parr will be giving a talk in the Cafe Scientifique series on his research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date\/Time:<\/strong> 21 March 2016, 19:00 &#8211; 21:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> DC Cafe, Dance City, Temple Street, NE1 4BR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dr Jeremy Parr is a Clinical Senior Lecture with the University and an Honorary consultant with both the NUTH and NTW NHS foundation trusts. Jeremy\u2019s research focuses on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). He currently \u00a0leads the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asd-uk.com\/\">Autism Spectrum Database-UK<\/a> containing over 1500 families interested in participating and accessing ASD research. He also leads a programme of research to help support <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncl.ac.uk\/adultautismspectrum\/\">adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions<\/a>.\u00a0 This talk will focus on his \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ion\/news\/blueroom\/\">Blue Room\u2019 project<\/a> using a virtual reality environment to help reduce anxiety in people with autism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2016\/03\/1429806847_11160672_935653503133928_6546248124509201267_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1484\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1484 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2016\/03\/1429806847_11160672_935653503133928_6546248124509201267_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1429806847_11160672_935653503133928_6546248124509201267_n\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2016\/03\/1429806847_11160672_935653503133928_6546248124509201267_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2016\/03\/1429806847_11160672_935653503133928_6546248124509201267_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2016\/03\/1429806847_11160672_935653503133928_6546248124509201267_n.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/cafeculturenortheast.org.uk\/about.html\">Caf\u00e9 Scientifique<\/a> talks are a series of <strong>free<\/strong> events for thinkers which aim to generate discussion and debate. No need to register just come along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Reality: Alleviating Anxieties in Autism Dr Jeremy Parr will be giving a talk in the Cafe Scientifique series on his research. Date\/Time: 21 March 2016, 19:00 &#8211; 21:00 Venue: DC Cafe, Dance City, Temple Street, NE1 4BR Dr Jeremy Parr is a Clinical Senior Lecture with the University and an Honorary consultant with both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/2016\/03\/08\/cafe-scientifique-virtual-reality-alleviating-anxieties-in-autism-21st-march-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cafe Scientifique &#8211; Virtual Reality: Alleviating Anxieties in Autism, 21st MArch 2016<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5074,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5074"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}