Professor Val J Williams

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• 2021

  Misfitting and social practice theory: Incorporating disability into the performance and (re)enactment of social practices

  Williams, V., Gall, M., Mason-Angelow, V., Read, S. & Webb, J., 25 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Disability and Society. 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • theory-practice 100%
  • disability 65%
  • performance 43%
  • social actor 20%
  • music 16%
  27 Downloads (Pure)

• Using social practice theory to explore the ubiquity of quizzes in dementia care settings

  Webb, J. C., Williams, V. J., James, R., Read, S. & Davis, H., 2021, (Submitted) In: Ageing and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2020

  'Future lived experience': inclusive research with people living with dementia

  Williams, V. J., Webb, J. C., Read, S., James, R., Davies, H. & Forget-me-Not Research Group, 6 Jan 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Qualitative Research. 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Dementia 100%
  • Lived Experience 68%
  • dementia 67%
  • experience 20%
  • Conversation Analysis 18%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  162 Downloads (Pure)

• Interactional strategies for progressing through quizzes in dementia settings

  Webb, J., Lindholm, C. & Williams, V., 1 Aug 2020, In: Discourse Studies. 22, 4, p. 503-522 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Dementia 100%
  • quiz 71%
  • dementia 67%
  • Staff 47%
  • Players 39%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  82 Downloads (Pure)

• Misfitting the research process: shaping qualitative research ‘in the field’ to fit people living with dementia

  Webb, J. C., Williams, V. J., Gall, M. R. Y. & Dowling, S., 10 Jan 2020, In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 19, 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • dementia 100%
  • research process 94%
  • qualitative research 78%
  • research planning 32%
  • theory-practice 20%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  92 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  A balancing act: Reflections on interactions between PAs and employers with learning disabilities

  Webb, J., Dowling, S. & Williams, V., 11 Apr 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Community Living.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Communication training: creating videos together

  Webb, J., Williams, V., James, R., Davis, H. & Read, S., 1 Jan 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Dementia Care.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)

• Direct and indirect ways of managing epistemic asymmetries when eliciting memories

  Williams, V., Webb, J., Dowling, S. & Gall, M., 1 Apr 2019, In: Discourse Studies. 21, 2, p. 199-215 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • asymmetry 100%
  • Asymmetry 96%
  • Remembering 94%
  • Recipient 93%
  • recipient 83%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  265 Downloads (Pure)

• 'Like us you mean?': Sensitive Disability Questions and Peer Research Encounters

  Williams, V., 1 Feb 2019, Interactional Studies of Qualitative Research Interviews. Roulston, K. (ed.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 37-58 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

  • disability 100%
  • interview 37%
  • disability studies 36%
  • coproduction 33%
  • knowledge 18%

• Making person-centred assessments

  Symonds, J., Miles, C., Steel, M., Porter, S. & Williams, V., 20 Feb 2019, In: Journal of Social Work. 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • human being 100%
  • need for care 38%
  • Social Work 31%
  • chat 29%
  • England 27%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  298 Downloads (Pure)

• Managing relational autonomy in interactions: People with intellectual disabilities

  Dowling, S., Williams, V., Webb, J., Gall, M. & Worrall, D., 1 Sep 2019, In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 32, 5, p. 1058-1066 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Relational Autonomy 100%
  • Disabled Persons 57%
  • Intellectual Disability 48%
  • Drama 26%
  • Learning 25%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  303 Downloads (Pure)

• The insider view: tackling disabling practices in higher education institutions

  Merchant, W., Read, S., D'Evelyn, S., Miles, C. & Williams, V., 10 Dec 2019, In: Higher Education. 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • staff 100%
  • university 57%
  • disability 57%
  • education 50%
  • interconnection 43%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  74 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Being a Disabled Patient: Negotiating the Social Practices of Hospitals in England

  Read, S., Williams, V., Heslop, P., Mason-Angelow, V. & Miles, C., Jun 2018, In: Social Inclusion. 6, 2, p. 74-82 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • hospital staff 100%
  • hospital services 98%
  • hospital care 95%
  • theory-practice 75%
  • flexibility 56%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  295 Downloads (Pure)

• Disabled People and Social Wellbeing: What's good for us is good for everyone

  Williams, V., 2018, (Accepted/In press) Perspectives of Social Wellbeing: A Reader. Vella, S. (ed.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 133-143

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

  Open Access

• Pitching Perspectives on Disability: Voyage experiences of disabled sailors on tall-ships

  Lamont-Robinson, C. A., Williams, V. J. & Thompson, T. D. B., 1 Feb 2018, In: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 20, 1, p. 102-110 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Ships 100%
  • Oceans and Seas 87%
  • Disability Studies 58%
  • Social Identification 51%
  • Art 44%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  189 Downloads (Pure)

• The Social Care Practitioner as Assessor: ‘People, Relationships and Professional Judgement’

  Symonds, J., Williams, V., Miles, C., Steel, M. & Porter, S., 1 Oct 2018, In: British Journal of Social Work. 48, 7, p. 1910-1928 19 p., bcx154.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Grounded Theory 100%
  • Social Work 96%
  • allies 83%
  • Mental Competency 81%
  • qualitative interview 79%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  213 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding disabling barriers: a fruitful partnership between Disability Studies and social practices?

  Williams, V., Tarleton, B., Heslop, P., Porter, S., Sass, B., Blue, S., Merchant, W. & Mason-Angelow, V., 7 Feb 2018, In: Disability and Society. 33, 2, p. 157-174 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • disability studies 100%
  • theory-practice 33%
  • everyday life 13%
  • human rights 11%
  • Law 8%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  227 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Commentary: enabling good emotional support for and with people with learning disabilities

  Mason, V. & Williams, V., Sep 2017, In: Tizard Learning Disability Review. 22, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Learning Disabilities 100%
  • Disabled Persons 90%
  • learning disability 76%
  • Occupational Groups 12%
  • Bereavement 11%
  224 Downloads (Pure)

• The Meaning of ‘choice and control’ for People with Intellectual Disabilities who are Planning their Social Care and Support

  Williams, V. J. & Porter, S. M., Jan 2017, In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 30, 1, p. 97–108 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Budgets 100%
  • Disabled Persons 98%
  • Intellectual Disability 82%
  • Public Policy 48%
  • Independent Living 45%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  409 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘Quizzing the quizzes': Inclusion and exclusion in social activity games for people with dementia

  Webb, J. & Williams, V., 2017, Conversation Analysis and Clinical Encounters conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
• 2016

  At sea with disability! Transformative learning in medical undergraduates voyaging with disabled sailors

  Thompson, T., Lamont-Robinson, C. A. & Williams, V. J., Aug 2016, In: Medical Education. 50, 8, p. 866-879 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Oceans and Seas 100%
  • Learning 63%
  • Students 61%
  • disability 60%
  • Diaries 30%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Being a researcher with intellectual disabilities: The hallmarks of inclusive research in action

  Williams, V. J., 1 Feb 2016, Inklusive Forschung: Gemeinsam mit Mencschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten forschen. Buchner, T., Koenig, O. & Schuppener, S. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 231-246 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

  Open Access

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  • Intellectual Disability 100%
  • Research Personnel 73%
  • Disabled Persons 35%
  • Terminology 10%
  528 Downloads (Pure)

• Inclusive Conversation Analysis with Disabled People

  Williams, V., Jepson, M., Ponting, L. & Ford, K., 1 Jan 2016, The Palgrave Handbook of Adult Mental Health: Discourse and Conversation Studies. O'Reilly, M. & Lester, J. N. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, Vol. 1. p. 82-100 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

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  • conversation analysis 100%
  • intellectual disability 85%
  • disability studies 71%
  • disability 59%
  • interaction 40%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  264 Downloads (Pure)

• Indirect Payments: when the Mental Capacity Act interacts with the personalisation agenda

  Jepson, M., Laybourne, A., Williams, V. J., Cyhlarova, E., Williamson, T. & Robotham, D., Sep 2016, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 24, 5, p. 623-630 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • personalization 100%
  • Proxy 63%
  • act 60%
  • recipient 37%
  • human being 35%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  345 Downloads (Pure)

• Tackling disabling practices: A panel supporting inquiry in the service of change

  Mason, V., Williams, V., Porter, S., Read, S., Webb, J., Merchant, W. & Reynolds, N., 7 Sep 2016, Lancaster Disability Studies Conference. p. 155 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Third party turns and shared knowledge: supports and challenges to disabled people in social care and research settings

  Williams, V. J. & Porter, S. M., 27 Feb 2016, In: Communication and Medicine. 12, 1, p. 71-83 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • Disabled Persons 100%
  • human being 46%
  • party context 37%
  • conversation analysis 25%
  • Interviews 14%
  330 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  A Platform for Change? Inclusive research about 'choice and control'

  Williams, V., Ponting, L. & Ford, K., 1 Jun 2015, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 43, 3, p. 106-113 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • learning disability 100%
  • advocacy groups 43%
  • everyday life 29%
  • research planning 29%
  • budget 28%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Easy Information about research: getting the message out to people with learning disabilities

  Goodwin, J., Mason, V., Williams, V. & Townsley, R., 18 May 2015, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 43, 2, p. 93-99 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • learning disability 100%
  • video 15%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Editorial: Looking back over 25 years of research: reflections on impact. British Journal of Learning Disabilities.

  Williams, V. & Tarleton, B., 2015, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 42, 2, p. 53-55 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Evidence-based practice and intellectual disabilities AND Psychological Therapies for adults with intellectual disabilities. Book reviews

  Williams, V., 2015, In: Disability and Society. 30, 4, p. 662-667 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review (Academic Journal)

• Postscript on Partnership

  Williams, V. & Tarleton, B., 2015, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 42, 2, p. 150-151 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The Blurred Edges of Intellectual Disability

  Williams, V., Swift, P. & Mason, V., 1 Sep 2015, In: Disability and Society. 30, 5, p. 704-716 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

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  • intellectual disability 100%
  • Social Role 26%
  • Law 26%
  • social status 19%
  • disability 17%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  477 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Beginning to explore the experience of managing a direct payment for someone with dementia: The perspectives of suitable people and adult social care practitioners

  Laybourne, A., Jepson, M. & Williams, V. J., 2014, In: Dementia (Basel, Switzerland). 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Dementia 100%
  • England 59%
  • Delivery of Health Care 36%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Best interests decisions: professional practices in health and social care

  Williams, V., Boyle, G., Jepson, M., Swift, P., Williamson, T. & Heslop, P., Jan 2014, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 22, 1, p. 78-86 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Professional Practice 100%
  • health care 58%
  • Delivery of Health Care 49%
  • Wales 47%
  • Qualitative Research 46%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Changing Horizons

  Williams, V., Swift, P. & Mason, V., 2014, Bristol University.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• 'I'll hover until I'm needed': Strategies for solving interactional problems in three-party exchanges including someone with an intellectual disability.

  Williams, V. J., 2014, International Society for Conversation Analysis.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

  • intellectual disability 100%
  • human being 37%
  • social worker 30%
  • family member 24%
  • planning 21%

• Research into employment outcomes for young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

  Townsley, R. J., Robinson, C., Williams, V. J. & Beyer, S., 14 Jun 2014, Welsh Assembly Government. 153 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Support Planning in Practice

  Williams, V. J. & Porter, S. M., 14 Jul 2014, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 4 ed. Wiley-Blackwell, Vol. 27. p. 333 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

  • planning 100%
  • family member 69%
  • recording 49%
  • DVD 36%
  • conversation analysis 32%
• 2013

  Childhood and Disability: key papers from Disability & Society

  Williams, V. J. & Beazley, S., 16 Dec 2013, Taylor & Francis Group. 216 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book

  • Childhood 100%
  • Reader 22%
  • Impairment 21%
  • Resources 13%

• Learning disability policy and practice: Changing lives?

  Williams, V. J., 1 Jan 2013, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 230 p. (Interagency working in health and social care)

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book

  • learning disability 100%
  • life-span 53%
  • sexuality 43%
  • citizenship 40%
  • human rights 39%

• Post-19 Education Provision for Young People with Complex Learning Difficulties Living in Wales: levels of need and current provision

  Townsley, R. J., Beyer, S., Robinson, C. & Williams, V. J., 2013, Welsh Government Social Research: Welsh Government Social Research. 213 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• The Shifting Sands of Support Planning

  Williams, V. J., May 2013, In: Journal of Integrated Care. 21, 3, p. 139-47 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • social service 100%
  • budget 74%
  • planning 65%
  • sand 64%
  • organization 38%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Your Life, Your Choice: support planning led by disabled people’s organisations

  Williams, V. J., Porter, S. M. & Marriott, A. M., 14 Feb 2013, In: British Journal of Social Work. p. 1-19 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Life Change Events 100%
  • Qualitative Research 92%
  • Budgets 91%
  • England 79%
  • Organizations 67%
  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Listening to the lady in the bed:The Mental Capacity Act 2005 in practice for older people

  Williamson, T., Boyle, G., Heslop, P., Jepson, M. J., Swift, P. & Williams, V. J., 2012, Elder Law Journal, 2, p. 185-192.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article (Specialist Publication)

• Making Best Interests Decisions: People and Processes

  Williams, VJ., Boyle, G., Jepson, MJ., Swift, P., Williamson, T. & Heslop, P., 15 Jan 2012, Department of Health, Policy Research Programme. 157 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • research and development 100%
  • mental health 75%
  • act 73%
  • health 50%

• Making best interests decisions - are professionals getting it right?

  Boyle, G., Williams, V. J., Jepson, M. J., Swift, P., Williamson, T. & Heslop, P., 2012, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Dementia Care.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2011

  Best Interests Decisions Study - Emerging Findings

  Jepson, MJ., Williams, VJ., Boyle, G., Swift, P., Williamson, T. & Heslop, P., Jul 2011, 3rd National IMCA conference, Aston University.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Best Interests Decisions under the Mental Capacity Act (England and Wales)

  Jepson, MJ., Williams, VJ., Boyle, G., Swift, P. & Williamson, T., 2011, Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET) conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Disability and Discourse: analysing inclusive conversation with people with intellectual disabilities

  Williams, V. J., 2011, Wiley-Blackwell. 257 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
  56 Citations (Scopus)

• Inclusive research: people with learning disabilities can be the ‘artists of their lives'

  Marriott, AM. & Williams, VJ., 2011, Learning Disabilities: Towards Inclusion. Atherton, H. & Crickmore, D. (eds.). Amsterdam:Elsevier, 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book