Kathryn Williams

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Kathryn
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Williams
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Kathryn Williams
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Publication overview

Total

22

18 publications with a cited bibliography (81.8%)

Publications by year

2
2022
7
2023
5
2024
6
2025
2
2026

Publication types

Article 14
Book chapter 3
Online article 3
Preprint 1
Registration 1

Frequent co-authors

Aimee Grant 20
Amy Brown 9
Gemma Williams 7
Rebecca Ellis 7
Willow Holloway 6
Catrin Griffiths 4
Monique Craine 4
Selena Caemawr 4

22 publications

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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.

Published on: 1 Apr 2026 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 6 / 10 (60.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 17 / 67 (25.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 69 / 231 (29.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 43 / 196 (21.9%)

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Aimee Grant*, Harriet Axbey*, Ami Nisa, Krysia Emily Waldock*, Katherine McDonald, Kelly B. Beck, Maya Sabatello, Ian Moura, Anne V. Kirby, Elizabeth Rutenberg, Kaitlyn E. Breitenfeldt, Kathryn Williams*, Monique Craine*, Abigail Wilkins, Selena Caemawr*, Willow Holloway*, Madeleine Sinfield, Kay Ribbons, Dora M Raymaker*, Rachel Kripke-Ludwig, Mary Baker-Ericzén, Joseph Vera, Christina Nicolaidis, Rebecca Ellis* (2026). Recommendations for data sharing in populations at higher risk of discrimination: the case of Autism research. Open Science Framework.

Published on: 23 Mar 2026 Added to AutiHub: 11 Jul 2026 Type: Registration Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 9 / 24 (37.5%)
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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.

Published on: 1 Nov 2025 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 6 / 9 (66.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 48 (18.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 52 / 227 (22.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 40 / 210 (19.0%)
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Helen Abnett, Aimee Grant*, Kathryn Williams* (2025). Autism charities can portray autistic people as helpless and a burden – our research shows why it matters. The Conversation.

Published on: 25 Oct 2025 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Online article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 3 (66.7%)
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Helen Abnett, Kathryn Williams*, Willow Holloway*, Aimee Grant* (2025). Expert organisations with “challenging” and “complex” service users: Representation in English and Welsh autism charity reports and accounts. PLOS One, 20(10), e0335132.

Published on: 24 Oct 2025 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 4 (75.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 13 / 56 (23.2%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 50 / 162 (30.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 40 / 146 (27.4%)
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Maria J. Vetter, Kathryn Williams*, 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), 7911500286p1-7911500286p1.

Published on: 30 Jul 2025 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%)
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Rebecca Ellis*, Gemma Williams*, Selena Caemawr*, Monique Craine*, Willow Holloway*, Kathryn Williams*, Sebastian Charles Keith Shaw*, Aimee Grant* (2025). Menstruation and Autism: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Autism in Adulthood.

Published on: 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: 14 / 94 (14.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 35 / 342 (10.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 26 / 322 (8.1%)
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Aimee Grant*, Catrin Griffiths, Kathryn Williams*, 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.

Published on: 12 Feb 2025 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 4 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 55 (16.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 25 / 203 (12.3%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 11 / 171 (6.4%)
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Aimee Grant*, Catrin Griffiths, Kathryn Williams*, 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.

Published on: 13 Dec 2024 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 4 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 12 / 54 (22.2%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 35 / 201 (17.4%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 21 / 175 (12.0%)
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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.

Published on: 1 Dec 2024 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 8 / 17 (47.1%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 16 / 56 (28.6%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 39 / 212 (18.4%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 22 / 181 (12.2%)
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Aimee Grant*, Sarah Turner, Sebastian Charles Keith Shaw*, Kathryn Williams*, Hayley Morgan, Rebecca Ellis*, Amy Brown (2024). “I am afraid of being treated badly if I show it”: A cross-sectional study of healthcare accessibility and Autism Health Passports among UK Autistic adults. PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0303873.

Published on: 29 May 2024 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 4 / 7 (57.1%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 11 / 45 (24.4%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 25 / 230 (10.9%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 16 / 198 (8.1%)
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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.

Published on: 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: 15 / 32 (46.9%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 64 / 118 (54.2%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 48 / 99 (48.5%)
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Aimee Grant*, Kathryn Williams*, Karen Henry, Willow Holloway*, 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.

Published on: 1 Jan 2024 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Book chapter Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 7 (42.9%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 27 / 69 (39.1%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 54 / 270 (20.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 20 / 191 (10.5%)
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Aimee Grant*, Kathryn Williams*, Catrin Griffiths (2023). How autistic parents feel about breastfeeding and the support they receive – new research. The Conversation.

Published on: 9 Nov 2023 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Online article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 3 (66.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 1 / 1 (100.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 2 / 4 (50.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 2 / 4 (50.0%)
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Aimee Grant*, Catrin Griffiths, Kathryn Williams*, 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.

Published on: 1 Nov 2023 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 4 (50.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 10 / 55 (18.2%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 21 / 239 (8.8%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 12 / 205 (5.9%)
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Rebecca Ellis*, Kathryn Williams*, Amy Brown, Eleanor Healer, Aimee Grant* (2023). A realist review of health passports for Autistic adults. PLOS ONE, 18(9), e0279214.

Published on: 8 Sep 2023 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 5 (60.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 9 / 80 (11.2%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 18 / 316 (5.7%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 14 / 283 (4.9%)
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Richard Woods*, Kathryn Williams*, Courtney Watts* (2023). “Profound autism”: The dire consequences of diagnostic overshadowing. Autism Research, 16(9), 1656-1657.

Published on: 15 Aug 2023 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 3 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 4 / 14 (28.6%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 36 / 90 (40.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 35 / 82 (42.7%)
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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.

Published on: 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.

Published on: 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: 5 / 29 (17.2%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 8 / 73 (11.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 7 / 71 (9.9%)
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Aimee Grant*, Kathryn Williams* (2023). ‘Dehumanising policies’ leave autistic people struggling to access health, education and housing – new review. The Conversation.

Published on: 30 Jun 2023 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Online article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 2 (100.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 0 / 1 (0.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 0 / 5 (0.0%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 0 / 5 (0.0%)
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Rebecca Ellis*, Kathryn Williams*, Amy Brown, Eleanor Healer, Aimee Grant* (2022). A hostile context, very limited intervention theory and almost no change in outcomes: findings from a systematic realist review of health passports for Autistic adults. medRxiv.

Published on: 5 Dec 2022 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Preprint Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 3 / 5 (60.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 3 / 67 (4.5%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 9 / 256 (3.5%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 6 / 236 (2.5%)
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Aimee Grant*, Sara Jones, Kathryn Williams*, Jennifer Leigh, Amy Brown (2022). Autistic women’s views and experiences of infant feeding: A systematic review of qualitative evidence. Autism, 26(6), 1341-1352.

Published on: 12 Apr 2022 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 2 / 5 (40.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 2 / 47 (4.3%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 7 / 136 (5.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 7 / 131 (5.3%)
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