Autistic Scholars Project

Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Catrin Griffiths, Kathryn Williams*Autistic author. Learn more…, Amy Brown (2023). “It felt like I had an old fashioned telephone ringing in my breasts”: An online survey of UK Autistic birthing parents' experiences of infant feeding. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 20(1), e13581-e13581.

Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Kathryn Williams*Autistic author. Learn more…, Karen Henry, Willow Holloway*Autistic author. Learn more…, Christina Nicolaidis, Helen Kara, Amy Brown (2024). Co-developing an Autism Research Funding Application to Facilitate Ethical and Participatory Research: The Autism from Menstruation to Menopause Project. In The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methods and Ethics in Neurodiversity Studies (pp. 61-79). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more…, Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Willow Holloway*Autistic author. Learn more… (2024). Why autistic people must be at the heart of autism research. The Conversation.

Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Catrin Griffiths, Kathryn Williams*Autistic author. Learn more…, Amy Brown (2024). “I felt belittled and ridiculed for being in pain”: An online survey of Autistic people's experience of care for pregnancy loss (perinatal loss) in the United Kingdom✰. Midwifery, 141, 104266.

Helen Abnett, Kathryn Williams*Autistic author. Learn more…, Willow Holloway*Autistic author. Learn more…, Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more… (2025). Expert organisations with “challenging” and “complex” service users: Representation in English and Welsh autism charity reports and accounts. PLOS One, 20(10), e0335132.

Diana Weiting Tan, Grant Blasko*Autistic author. Learn more…, Teresa Girolamo, Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Holly Sutherland*Autistic author. Learn more…, Jacalyn G. Ryan*Autistic author. Learn more…, Steven K. Kapp*Autistic author. Learn more…, Vikram K. Jaswal (2025). Making space for Autistic people with ‘complex support needs’: Recommendations for inclusive research practices. Center for Open Science.

Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Catrin Griffiths, Kathryn Williams*Autistic author. Learn more…, Amy Brown (2025). “I Just Gritted My Teeth to Get Through It All”: An Online Survey of Autistic People’s Experiences of Maternity Care in the United Kingdom. Autism in Adulthood.

Harriet Axbey*Autistic author. Learn more…, Rebecca Ellis*Autistic author. Learn more…, Madeleine Sinfield, Ellen Firth, Sebastian C.K. Shaw*Autistic author. Learn more…, Aaliyah Peeroo, Ben Carter, Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more… (2026). Autism and Puberty: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review. Center for Open Science.

Rebecca Ellis*Autistic author. Learn more…, Krysia Emily Waldock*Autistic author. Learn more…, Harriet Axbey*Autistic author. Learn more…, Ami Nisa, Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more… (2026). Exploring Culture, Safety and Comfort: Experiences of Autistic Researchers with Autistic Participants in a Longitudinal Interview Study. Research Square.

Amy Pearson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Monique Botha*Autistic author. Learn more… (2026). What neurodivergent people really think about the words used to describe them. The Conversation.

Amy Pearson*Autistic author. Learn more…, Aimee Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Jennifer Leigh, Stephen J. Macdonald, Kathryn Williams*Autistic author. Learn more…, Gemma Williams*Autistic author. Learn more…, Elliott Spaeth, Kieran Rose*Autistic author. Learn more…, Ann Memmott, Monique Botha*Autistic author. Learn more… (2026). ‘ It's like calling short people vertically challenged’: Language and terminology preferences among neurodivergent adults in the United Kingdom. Neurodiversity, 4.

Elliot Gavin Keenan*Autistic author. Learn more…, Ava Gurba*Autistic author. Learn more…, Brittain Mahaffey, Catherine Faith Kappenberg, Matthew D Lerner (2023). Leveling Up Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Autistic Individuals with Emotion Dysregulation: Clinical and Personal Insights. Autism in Adulthood, 6(1), 1-8.

Sarah Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Sam Norton, Ricarda F. Weiland, Anke Scheeren, Sander Begeer, Rosa A. Hoekstra (2022). Autism and chronic ill health: an observational study of symptoms and diagnoses of central sensitivity syndromes in autistic adults. Molecular Autism, 13(1), 7-7.

Elisa Genovesi, Sarah Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Tsegereda Haile Kifle, Jialing Li, Alanna J. Shand, Rosa A. Hoekstra (2024). Community involvement in PhD students’ autism research projects: Challenges and opportunities. Autism, 29(1), 3-7.

Sarah Grant*Autistic author. Learn more…, Sam Norton, Rosa A. Hoekstra (2025). A Cross-Neurotype Analysis of Camouflaging and Illness Perceptions in People with Central Sensitivity Syndromes. Autism in Adulthood, 8(4), 646-663.