Dr Felicity Sedgewick

Summary

Autism

Gender

Relationships

Mental Health

Not-heteronormative Identities

Special and Inclusive Education

Biography

Dr Felicity Sedgewick is a developmental and social psychologist, with particular interests in autism, gender, relationships, and mental health. She was awarded her PhD from UCL Institute of Education in 2017, examining the relationships of autistic women and girls, and then went on to a post-doc at King's IoPPN looking at the impact of autism in anorexia.

She is committed to participatory research, co-producing work with community members, alongside valuing public engagement and outreach work to ensure that research has impact beyond academia.

Keywords

• Autism
• Gender
• Relationships
• Sexuality
• Mental Health

Skills

• ASC Girls Forum
• NAHT

Memberships

Organisations

School of Education

Recent publications

• Sedgewick, F, Crane, L, Hill, V & Pellicano, E, 2019, ‘Friends and Lovers: The Relationships of Autistic and Neurotypical Women’. Autism in Adulthood, vol 1., pp. 112-123
• Sedgewick, F, Leppanen, J, Goh, F, Hayward, H, Happé, F & Tchanturia, K, 2019, ‘Similarities and differences in Theory of Mind responses of patients with anorexia nervosa with and without autistic features’. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
• Leppanen, J, Cardi, V, Sedgewick, F, Treasure, J & Tchanturia, K, 2019, ‘Basal ganglia volume and shape in anorexia nervosa’. Appetite.
• Sedgewick, F, Kerr-Gaffney, J, Leppanen, J & Tchanturia, K, 2019, ‘Anorexia nervosa, autism, and the ADOS: how appropriate is the new algorithm in identifying cases?’. Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol 10.
• Sedgewick, F, Leppanen, J & Tchanturia, K, 2019, ‘The Friendship Questionnaire, autism, and gender differences: a study revisited’. Molecular Autism.
• Kinnaird, E, Sedgewick, F, Stewart, C & Tchanturia, K, 2019, ‘Exploring Self-Reported Eating Disorder Symptoms in Autistic Men’. Autism in Adulthood.
• Leppanen, J, Sedgewick, F, Cardi, V, Treasure, J & Tchanturia, K, 2019, ‘Cortical morphometry in anorexia nervosa: An out-of-sample replication study’. European Eating Disorders Review.
• Sedgewick, F, Leppanen, J & Tchanturia, K, 2019, ‘Autistic adult outcomes on weight and body mass index: a large-scale online study’. Eating and Weight Disorders.
• Sedgewick, F & Pellicano, E, 2019, ‘Friendships on the autism spectrum’. in: Girls and Autism: Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives. Routledge
• Sedgewick, F, Hill, V & Pellicano, E, 2018, ‘'It's different for girls': Gender differences in the friendships and conflict of autistic and neurotypical adolescents’. Autism.

View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system

Networks & contacts

• PEACE Project: King's IoPPN - Designing a tailored treatment pathway for women with co-occurring autism and anorexia Playing A
• Part: University of Kent - Exploring the lived experiences of autistic girls through drama and novel methodologies