Dr Gemma Williams
Research outputs
2026
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
2024
Participatory longitudinal qualitative interview study to understand Autistic gynaecological and obstetric health: the Autism from menstruation to menopause study protocol
Grant, A., Williams, G. L., Axbey, H., Wilkins, A., Firth, E., Lim, H., Cave, H., Williams, K., Ribbons, K., Sinfield, M., Craine, M., Caemawr, S., Holloway, W., Brown, A., Nicolaidis, C., Kara, H., Ellis, R.
15 Dec 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 12, 9p., e088343
Research output: Article