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2022 Special Olympics USA Games: Logan’s Experience

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Welcome to Ausderau Lab!

We are a lab coordinated by Karla Ausderau in the department of Kinesiology – Occupational Therapy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our research focuses on studying the daily occupations of different groups of people and how those occupations ultimately impact, health, well-being, and overall daily participation. For more on our current research priorities, visit our ‘Current Projects’ tab.

Lab News

  • 2022 Special Olympics USA Games: Logan’s Experience

    Hello everyone!  My name is Logan Ashenhurst and I am in the senior year of my undergraduate study here at UW-Madison.  I have been involved with the Ausderau Lab for about a year and a …

  • Yeehaw, we went to Texas!

    Cowboy boots, tacos, and sunshine, oh my! Some of our lab members went to San Antonio, Texas to attend the annual American Occupational Therapy Association conference. Our lab had five different presentations over the course …

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    Easy Read Article Summaries: Let’s Make Research Accessible!

    What are Easy Read Article Summaries? The Easy Read Article Summary is a tool that was developed through stakeholder collaboration in our research lab. The goal of the summary is to make research articles easy to …

  • Picture of Kayte on Special Olympics backround

    Kayte Barton: Advocate for Change

    Our research lab was able to interview one of our closest collaborators and co-researchers, Kayte Barton, of Minnesota. Check out Kayte’s interview with our research team and hear her talk all about all of her …

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    Haley Waggoner: The Power of Language and Advocacy

    Hello everyone!  My name is Haley Waggoner and I am 31 years old.  I live in Lincoln, Nebraska, and I can proudly say that I am a gold medal winner in tennis from the 2018 …

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The Ausderau research lab is wearing their UW Madison OT T-shirts!

Contact Us:
3195 Medical Sciences Center, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 | Office: 608-262-0653 | AusderauLab@education.wisc.edu