Research
This page contains links to scientific research papers from the Autism from Menstruation to Menopause study team. Most papers can be read for free from the links below, but email us if you are struggling to find a copy.
Autistic Reproductive Health:
Williams, G. L., Ellis, R., Axbey, H., Grant, A., (2025). Autistic, hysteric: Inequity in the United Kingdom’s healthcare for Autistic people with wombs. In Milton, D. (ed.) The Double Empathy Problem Reader, Pavilion Publishing. Available for free here.
Ellis, R., et al. (2025). Menstruation and Autism: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Autism in Adulthood. Free to read here.
Working with the Autistic Community:
Grant, A. et al. (2024). Participatory longitudinal qualitative interview study to understand Autistic gynaecological and obstetric health: the Autism from menstruation to menopause study protocol. BMJ Open. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088343
Grant, A. et al., (2024). Co-developing an Autism research funding application to facilitate ethical and participatory research: the Autism from menstruation to menopause project. In Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H. and Jackson-Perry, D. (eds). Autism Studies: research, ethics and methods. Palgrave. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-66127-3_4
Williams, G. (…) Grant, A. (2024). ‘Building our own house’ as an insider-only Community Partnered Participatory Research Council: co-creating a safe space for Autistic knowledge production. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241253014
Autistic Maternity:
Grant, A. et al. (2025). “I just gritted my teeth to get through it all”: An online survey of Autistic people’s experiences of maternity care in the UK. Autism in Adulthood. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2024.0275
Grant, A. et al. (2024). “I felt belittled and ridiculed for being in pain”: an online survey of Autistic people’s experience of care for pregnancy loss in the UK. Midwifery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.104266
Grant, A. et al., (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 and Child Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13581
Grant, A. et al. (2022) Autistic women’s views and experiences of infant feeding: A systematic review of qualitative evidence. Autism. DOI: 10.1177/13623613221089374
Health, Social Care and Policy:
Williams, G. et al. (2025). Chapter 26: Autistic, Hysteric: Inequity in Health Care for Autistic People Assigned Female at Birth in the United Kingdom. In: The Double Empathy Reader: Exploring Theory, Neurodivergent Lived Experience and Implications for Practice by Damian Milton. Chapter available: https://pavpub.com/health-and-social-care/health-autism/the-double-empathy-reader
Grant, A. et al. (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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303873
Ellis, R. et al. (2023) A realist review of health passports for Autistic adults. Plos ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279214
Grant, A, Williams, G, Williams, K and Woods, R. (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. Social Policy Review 35