Autistic Autism Scholarship Project

Hannah Staunton, Tammy McIver, Julian Tillmann, Susanne Clinch, Vivienne Hanrahan, Bethany Ewens, Caroline Averius, Alexandra I. Barsdorf, Aurelie Baranger, Elizabeth Berry‐Kravis, Tony Charman, Haraldt Neerland, Alison Singer, Pamela Ventola, Zachary J. Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Louise Barrett (2025). Development of a Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) outcome measure for clinical interventional studies in paediatric autism. Autism, 29(12), 2975-2990.

Jessica Schwartzman, Carly A. McMorris, Claire M. Brown, Julian Trollor, Mirko Uljarevic, Mark A Stokes, Zachary J. Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Darren Hedley (2025). Elevated Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Autistic Youth and Adults: A Multinational Study. Autism in Adulthood, Article aut.2024.0225.

Roy H. Hamilton, Zachary J. Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Edward S. Brodkin (2025). Embracing Neurodiversity in Medicine—Building a More Inclusive Physician Workforce. JAMA, 333(12), 1030.

Joshua Ryan Smith, Donald G. Sengstack, Allison B. McCoy, Seri Lim, Sarah Marler, Zachary J. Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Nausheen Hossain, James Ryan Luccarelli (2025). High-Frequency Utilization of the Outpatient Messaging System in a Specialized Outpatient Catatonia Clinic for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 35(7), Article cap.2025.0034.

Joshua Ryan Smith, Seri Lim, Snehal Bindra, Sarah Marler, Bavani Rajah, Zachary J. Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Isaac Baldwin, Nausheen Hossain, Jo Ellen Wilson, D. Catherine Fuchs, James Ryan Luccarelli (2025). Longitudinal Symptom Burden and Pharmacologic Management of Catatonia in Autism With Intellectual Disability: An Observational Study. Autism Research, 18(2), 449-462.

Vanessa Bal, Peter Szatmari, Stelios Georgiades, Stephen J. Gentles, Jessica B. Girault, Patricia Howlin, Meng-Chuan Lai, Virginia Carter Leno, Catherine Lord, Katie Madgett, Stephen J. Sheinkopf, Emily Simonoff, Zachary J. Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Alycia Halladay (2025). Methodological challenges and opportunities when studying the course of autism. Autism, 29(10), 2618-2631.

Rachel M. Benecke, Zachary J. Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Laura Graham Holmes, Judith S. Miller, Elizabeth A. Kaplan-Kahn (2026). Measurement Invariance of the PROMIS Family Relationships Scale Among Autistic and General Population Adolescents. Autism Research, 19(2), Article e70161.

Maria J. Vetter, Kathryn Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Ashley Elizabeth Mason (2025). Mapping an Autistic Child’s Experience of Outpatient Therapy Waiting Room Design: A Case Study Application of Person–Environment–Occupation Model. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(Supplement_2), 7911500286p1.

Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… (2020). From anonymous subject to engaged stakeholder: Enriching participant experience in autistic-language-use research. Research for All, 4(2).

Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… (2020). We’re All Strangers Here. Anthropology and Humanism, 45(1), 123-129.

Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Tim Wharton, Caroline Jagoe (2021). Mutual (Mis)understanding: Reframing Autistic Pragmatic “Impairments” Using Relevance Theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 616664.

Iris Proff, Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , Lisa Quadt*Autistic author. Learn more… , Sarah N. Garfinkel (2021). Sensory processing in autism across exteroceptive and interoceptive domains. Psychology & Neuroscience, 15(2), 105-130.

Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… (2021). Talking together at the edge of meaning: Mutual (mis)understanding between autistic and non-autistic speakers. Williams, G 2020, 'Talking together at the edge of meaning: Mutual (mis)understanding between autistic and non-autistic speakers', Doctor of Philosophy, University of Brighton..

Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… (2021). Theory of autistic mind: A renewed relevance theoretic perspective on so-called autistic pragmatic ‘impairment’. Journal of Pragmatics, 180, 121-130.

Lisa Quadt*Autistic author. Learn more… , Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more… , James S. Mulcahy, Marta Silva, Dennis EO Larsson, Andrew J. Arnold, Hugo D. Critchley, Sarah N. Garfinkel (2021). “I’m trying to reach out, I’m trying to find my people” – A mixed-methods investigation of loneliness and loneliness distress in autistic adults. Center for Open Science.