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The centre demonstrates how universities can co-create knowledge that improves lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it matters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project isn\u2019t just about research, it\u2019s about real-world, community impact. It\u2019s helping to build more inclusive systems, improve services and ensure autistic voices are central to the decisions that affect their lives. That\u2019s why it\u2019s been recognised nationally as a model for community-led innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How you can help<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voting is now open for OTARC in the the Community Champion Award and closes on 19 January 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapingaustraliaawards.com.au\/the-finalists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vote now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to share the link and encourage your friends to vote too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Trobe is proud to be a finalist in the 2025 Shaping Australia Awards, nominated in the Community Champion category for Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC) at La Trobe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":55860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","category-university-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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