Audio and video resources
We produce videos and podcasts about our research talking with our researchers and those with lived experience of Autism.
Featured Media
Content warning: Some of the video and audio resources discuss mental health, trauma, stigma and suicide.
*All Vimeo videos offer closed captioning. Please be aware that some video and audio resources were recorded prior to our current language guidelines.
Our recorded events
OTARC Seminar Series
We invite leading international and local scholars to present their research to our researchers, our affiliates and the wider La Trobe community. We would like to acknowledge the generosity of our speakers and the audience for participating.
| Vimeo link | Topics |
|---|---|
| 2025 | School attendance, teacher wellbeing, sensory difference, early communication and neuroqueering consent. |
| 2024 | Participation in community gyms, suicide prevention, 40 years in research, early autism supports, early identification of autism and Autistic interactions the the emergency department. |
| 2023 | Sensory experiences, caregiver practices, health and wellbeing, early literacy services, coping strategies, self-regulation, and psychological support for Autistic people |
| 2022 | Environmental factors, employment programs, telehealth assessment, early detection, and building neurodiversity-inclusive postsecondary campuses. |
2024 Research Showcase
A series of thought-provoking talks delivered by our early career researchers. Topics include women and non-binary peoples experiences accessing diagnosis and supports, mental health supports for Autistic working mothers, sound intolerance, ADHD and autism in toddlers, higher education success, Autistic children's quality of life, and secondary school.
Watch - workshops, talks, interviews and abstracts
- Wellbeing - Autism and suicide
- Wellbeing - The Suicide Response Project
- Wellbeing - Untangling Anxiety for Autistic Adults
- Supports - Stop motion video: Insomnia Intervention for Autistic Adults
- Supports - Insomnia Intervention for Autistic Adults
- Supports - Collaborative mental health care to support adults on the autism spectrum
- Wellbeing - Strategies Autistic adults use to regulate their emotions
- Autism Identification - The benefits of ASDetect
- Autism Identification - ASDetect: Early detection app for Apple and Android
- Autism Identification - The technology behind ASDetect
Videos over 10 years old can be found on La Trobe's YouTube channel.
Listen - podcasts and interviews
- Associate Professor Josephine Barbaro - Seeing into the future of autism detection
- Associate Professor Josephine Barbaro - Early identification
- Dr Susan Hayward - Australian Spatial Analytics and neurodiversity employment
- Professor Nora Shields - Annual Meeting of the European Academy Of Childhood-onset Disability
- Dr Melanie Muniandy - coping and mental health outcomes of Autistic people
- Dr Katy Unwin - autism, neurodiversity and sensory difference
- Emeritus Professor Amanda Richdale - Cracking autism’s sleep conundrum
- Emeritus Professor Amanda Richdale - 10: Sleep and autism
- Emeritus Professor Amanda Richdale - Sleep in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Thorkil Sonne - Changing the Global Mindset on Autism and Employment
Other OTARC Resources
We develop and evaluate innovative approaches that enrich the lives of Autistic people.