Professor Amanda Richdale is a founding staff member at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC). Amanda completed her PhD at LaTrobe University, graduating in 1993. She then joined the Dept of Psychology & Intellectual Disability Studies at RMIT University where she remained until returning to La Trobe University and taking up a position at OTARC. Amanda’s research interests include autism spectrum disorder, disorders of development, and sleep. Amanda is a project leader in the Autism Cooperative Research Centre.