Dr Gemma Williams
Research outputs
2026
Spaces of relational opacity – Participatory sense-making and the ethics of being with autistic people
Ahmetovic, M., De Jaegher, H., Williams, G. L., Grace, J.
29 Jun 2026, In: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 28, 1, p. 296-308
Research output: Article
How gaps in education, work and welfare support can push neurodivergent people into homelessness
Williams, G. L., Shaw, S. C. K.
9 Jun 2026, In: The Conversation
Research output: Article
‘Society doesn’t care about you’: a qualitative life-mapping study of neurodivergent people's experiences of homelessness
Blood, L., Williams, G. L., Shaw, S. C.
2 Jun 2026, In: Neurodiversity. 4
Research output: Article
‘It's like calling short people vertically challenged’: Language and terminology preferences among neurodivergent adults in the United Kingdom
Pearson, A., Grant, A., Leigh, J., Macdonald, S. J., Williams, K., Williams, G., Spaeth, E., Rose, K., Memmott, A., Botha, M.
12 Apr 2026, In: Neurodiversity. 4, 16p.
Research output: Article
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
Wain, D., Williams, G., Charura, D., Hamilton, L. G., Milton, D., Wortman, D., Heasman, B.
1 Mar 2026, In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 26, 1, 13p., e70073
Research output: Article
English Language Teaching in a Neurodiverse World: From Theory to Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice
Williams, G. L.
1 Mar 2026,
Research output: Book
2025
‘A lovely safe umbrella to describe yourself with’ or ‘meaningless’ : an online survey of UK-based neurodivergent adults’ views of neurodiversity-related terminology
Grant, A., Leigh, J., Botha, M., Macdonald, S. J., Williams, K., Williams, G., Rose, K., Memmott, A., Pearson, A.
1 Dec 2025, In: Neurodiversity. 3, 14p.
Research output: Article
Autistic, hysteric: Inequity in health care for autistic people assigned female at birth in the United Kingdom
Williams, G. L., Ellis, R., Axbey, H., Grant, A.
9 Jun 2025,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Using Q methodology, a group of neurodivergent neurodiversity researchers ask: what is the neurodiversity movement and what should it do?
Stenner, P., Pearson, A., Kapp, S. K., Watson, C., Pressler, R., Williams, G., Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist, H., Hultman, L., Semmens-Wheeler, R., Botha, M.
21 May 2025, In: Neurodiversity. 3
Research output: Article
Menstruation and autism: a qualitative systematic review
Ellis, R., Williams, G., Caemawr, S., Craine, M., Holloway, W., Williams, K., Shaw, S. C. K., Grant, A.
17 Apr 2025, In: Autism in Adulthood
Research output: Article