Gemma Williams ORCID iD

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This author is included in the Autistic Autism Scholarship Project as a person identified as autistic.

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Publication overview

Autistic Autism Scholarship Project publications

Number of publications in the project: 29
Number of publications with a cited bibliography: 23
Number of publications with an identified autistic co-author: 20

Collaborations and cited bibliographies

Number of publication co-authors identified as autistic: 66 (distinct: 21)
Number of cited references with an identified autistic author: 372
Number of cited authors identified as autistic: 810 (distinct: 177)

Frequent co-authors

Aimee Grant* 8
Kathryn Williams* 7
Monique Botha* 6
Amy Pearson* 5
Ann Memmott* 3
Damian Milton* 3
Lisa Quadt* 3
Melika Ahmetovic 3

Publications by year

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2018
2
2020
7
2021
5
2023
4
2024
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2025
6
2026

Publication types

Article 22
Book chapter 3
Preprint 2
Dissertation 1
Registration 1

29 publications

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Melika Ahmetovic, Hanne De Jaegher, Gemma Williams* , Joanna Grace* (2026). Spaces of Relational Opacity – Participatory Sense-Making and the Ethics of Being With Autistic People. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 28(1), 296-308.

Publication date: 29 Jun 2026 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Autistic authors reported by the publication: Number not specified Cited references with an identified autistic author: 11 / 59 (18.6%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 15 / 66 (22.7%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 9 / 50 (18.0%)
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Lauren Blood, Gemma Williams* , Sebastian C.K. Shaw* (2026). ‘Society Doesn’t Care About You’: A Qualitative Life-Mapping Study of Neurodivergent People's Experiences of Homelessness. Neurodiversity, 4.

Publication date: 1 May 2026 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 3 (66.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 11 / 45 (24.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 30 / 109 (27.5%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 20 / 96 (20.8%)
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Amy Pearson* , Aimee Grant* , Jennifer Leigh, Stephen J. Macdonald, Kathryn Williams* , Gemma Williams* , Elliott Spaeth, Kieran Rose* , Ann Memmott* , Monique Botha* (2026). ‘ It's like calling short people vertically challenged’: Language and terminology preferences among neurodivergent adults in the United Kingdom. Neurodiversity, 4.

Publication date: 1 Apr 2026 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 7 / 10 (70.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 18 / 67 (26.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 78 / 233 (33.5%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 51 / 197 (25.9%)

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Daniella Wain, Gemma Williams* , Divine Charura, Lorna G. Hamilton, Damian Milton* , Deborah Wortman, Brett Heasman* (2026). Transitioning in and out of Autistic Flow: A Qualitative Study Presenting a Non‐Pathologising Approach to Autistic Well‐Being and Conceptualising Autistic Ways of Being in Clinical and Therapeutic Settings. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 26(1).

Publication date: 27 Jan 2026 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 7 (42.9%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 23 / 61 (37.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 36 / 182 (19.8%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 17 / 151 (11.3%)
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Aimee Grant* , Jennifer Leigh, Monique Botha* , Stephen J. Macdonald, Kathryn Williams* , Gemma Williams* , Kieran Rose* , Ann Memmott* , Amy Pearson* (2025). ‘A Lovely Safe Umbrella to Describe Yourself With’ or ‘Meaningless’: An Online Survey of UK-Based Neurodivergent Adults’ Views of Neurodiversity-Related Terminology. Neurodiversity, 3.

Publication date: 1 Nov 2025 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 7 / 9 (77.8%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 48 (18.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 57 / 227 (25.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 45 / 210 (21.4%)
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Paul Stenner, Amy Pearson* , Steven K. Kapp* , C. L. Watson, Ronit Pressler, Gemma Williams* , Hannah Bertilsdotter Rosqvist* , Lill Hultman, Rebecca Semmens-Wheeler, Monique Botha* (2025). Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do? Neurodiversity, 3.

Publication date: 1 May 2025 Added to AutiHub: 4 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 5 / 10 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 21 / 60 (35.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 38 / 118 (32.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 26 / 97 (26.8%)
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Rebecca Ellis* , Gemma Williams* , Selena Caemawr* , Monique Craine* , Willow Holloway* , Kathryn Williams* , Sebastian C.K. Shaw* , Aimee Grant* (2025). Menstruation and Autism: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Autism in Adulthood.

Publication date: 17 Apr 2025 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 8 / 8 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 16 / 94 (17.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 40 / 342 (11.7%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 31 / 322 (9.6%)
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Aimee Grant* , Gemma Williams* , Harriet Axbey* , Abigail Wilkins, Ellen Firth, Hazel Lim, Helen Cave, Kathryn Williams* , Kay Ribbons, Madeleine Sinfield, Monique Craine* , Selena Caemawr* , Willow Holloway* , Amy Brown, Christina Nicolaidis, Helen Kara* , Rebecca Ellis* (2024). Participatory longitudinal qualitative interview study to understand Autistic gynaecological and obstetric health: the Autism from menstruation to menopause study protocol. BMJ Open, 14(12), e088343.

Publication date: 1 Dec 2024 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 9 / 17 (52.9%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 18 / 56 (32.1%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 47 / 212 (22.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 28 / 180 (15.6%)
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Brett Heasman* , Gemma Williams* , Divine Charura, Lorna G. Hamilton, Damian Milton* , Fergus Murray* (2024). Towards autistic flow theory: A non‐pathologising conceptual approach. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 54(4), 469-497.

Publication date: 3 Jun 2024 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 4 / 6 (66.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 39 / 133 (29.3%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 56 / 371 (15.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 25 / 283 (8.8%)
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Gemma Williams* , Rebecca Ellis* , Willow Holloway* , Selena Caemawr* , Monique Craine* , Kathryn Williams* , Aimee Grant* (2024). ‘Building our own house’ as an insider-only Community-Partnered Participatory Research Council: Co-creating a safe space for Autistic knowledge production. Autism, 29(9), 2205-2215.

Publication date: 17 May 2024 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 7 / 7 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 17 / 32 (53.1%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 77 / 118 (65.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 61 / 99 (61.6%)
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Amy Pearson* , Hannah Bertilsdotter Rosqvist* , Steven K. Kapp* , Lill Hultman, C. L. Watson, Gemma Williams* , Sofia Österborg Wiklund, Paul Stenner, Monique Botha* , Lindsay O’Dell (2024). Strangers and Friends: Navigating Neurodiverse Research Collaboration. In The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methods and Ethics in Neurodiversity Studies (pp. 103-122). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Publication date: 1 Jan 2024 Added to AutiHub: 4 Jul 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 5 / 10 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 23 / 51 (45.1%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 56 / 156 (35.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 37 / 128 (28.9%)
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Lisa Quadt* , Gemma Williams* , James S. Mulcahy, Dennis EO Larsson, Marta Silva, Andrew J. Arnold, Hugo D. Critchley, Sarah N. Garfinkel (2023). “I'm Trying to Reach Out, I'm Trying to Find My People”: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Link Between Sensory Differences, Loneliness, and Mental Health in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood, 6(3), 284-299.

Publication date: 2 Nov 2023 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 8 (25.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 18 / 86 (20.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 27 / 263 (10.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 18 / 219 (8.2%)
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Catherine Manning, Gemma Williams* , Keren MacLennan (2023). Sensory-inclusive spaces for autistic people: We need to build the evidence base. Autism, 27(6), 1511-1515.

Publication date: 3 Jul 2023 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 35 (25.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 16 / 80 (20.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 13 / 74 (17.6%)
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Aimee Grant* , Gemma Williams* , Kathryn Williams* , Richard Woods* (2023). Unmet need, epistemic injustice and early death: how social policy for Autistic adults in England and Wales fails to slay Beveridge’s Five Giants. In Social Policy Review 35 (pp. 239-257). Policy Press.

Publication date: 30 Jun 2023 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 4 / 4 (100.0%)
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Aimee Grant* , Gemma Williams* , Kathryn Williams* , Richard Woods* (2023). Unmet need, epistemic injustice and early death: how social policy for Autistic adults in England and Wales fails to slay Beveridge’s Five Giants. In Social Policy Review 35 (pp. 239-257). Policy Press.

Publication date: 30 Jun 2023 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 4 / 4 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 7 / 29 (24.1%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 11 / 73 (15.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 10 / 71 (14.1%)
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Gemma Williams* , Jill Corbyn, Angie Hart (2023). Improving the Sensory Environments of Mental Health in-patient Facilities for Autistic Children and Young People. Child Care in Practice, 29(1), 35-53.

Publication date: 2 Jan 2023 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 14 / 71 (19.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 25 / 204 (12.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 23 / 192 (12.0%)
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Monique Botha* , Aimee Grant* , Ann Memmott* , Damian Milton* , Amy Pearson* , Gemma Williams* , Richard Woods* (2021). Sonic bombardment, noise hypersensitivity and ethics: A response to Fodstad and colleagues: ‘Assessment and treatment of noise hypersensitivity in a teenager with autism Spectrum Disorder’. Center for Open Science.

Publication date: 29 Oct 2021 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Preprint Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 7 / 7 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 22 / 79 (27.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 36 / 271 (13.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 24 / 236 (10.2%)
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Lisa Quadt* , Gemma Williams* , 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.

Publication date: 27 Oct 2021 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Preprint Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 8 (25.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 13 / 61 (21.3%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 14 / 210 (6.7%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 6 / 186 (3.2%)
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Iris Proff, Gemma Williams* , Lisa Quadt* , Sarah N. Garfinkel (2021). Sensory processing in autism across exteroceptive and interoceptive domains. Psychology & Neuroscience, 15(2), 105-130.

Publication date: 20 Aug 2021 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 4 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 206 (4.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 12 / 977 (1.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 11 / 794 (1.4%)
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Gemma Williams* (2021). Theory of autistic mind: A renewed relevance theoretic perspective on so-called autistic pragmatic ‘impairment’. Journal of Pragmatics, 180, 121-130.

Publication date: 25 May 2021 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 1 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 16 / 107 (15.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 24 / 284 (8.5%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 16 / 227 (7.0%)
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Gemma Williams* , Tim Wharton, Caroline Jagoe (2021). Mutual (Mis)understanding: Reframing Autistic Pragmatic “Impairments” Using Relevance Theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 616664-616664.

Publication date: 29 Apr 2021 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 20 / 115 (17.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 35 / 271 (12.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 25 / 219 (11.4%)
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Monique Botha* , Jacqueline Hanlon, Gemma Williams* (2021). Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First Language Use in Autism Research: A Response to Vivanti. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(2), 870-878.

Publication date: 20 Jan 2021 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 3 (66.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 22 / 92 (23.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 39 / 201 (19.4%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 25 / 167 (15.0%)
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Gemma Williams* (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..

Publication date: 1 Jan 2021 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Dissertation Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 1 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 5 / 53 (9.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 5 / 150 (3.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 3 / 146 (2.1%)
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Gemma Williams* (2020). From anonymous subject to engaged stakeholder: Enriching participant experience in autistic-language-use research. Research for All, 4(2).

Publication date: 1 Jan 2020 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 1 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 11 / 62 (17.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 36 / 193 (18.7%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 27 / 161 (16.8%)
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Gemma Williams* (2018). Conversing at the Edge of Meaning. Williams, G 2018, 'Conversing at the Edge of Meaning', Paper presented at VIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTERCULTURAL, COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PRAGMATICS, Seville, Spain, 2/05/18 - 4/05/18..

Publication date: 1 Jan 2018 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 1 (100.0%)
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Gemma Williams* (2018). Theory of Autistic Mind: Unpicking Assumptions in Autistic Language Use Research. Williams, G 2018, 'Theory of Autistic Mind: Unpicking Assumptions in Autistic Language Use Research', Paper presented at 8th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication (INPRA 2018), 8/06/18 - 10/06/18..

Publication date: 1 Jan 2018 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 1 (100.0%)
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