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Emma Richardson

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Molnar, Gyozo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-5672 and Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X (2026) Select Committee Report for Women and Equalities Committee's Inquiry, Equality at Work: Flexible Working and Disability. Other. UK Parliament, London.
Foster, Rebecca and Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X (2026) Considering the Deaf Perspective: Insights of a Hearing Researcher Working with Deaf Participants. Sage Research Methods: Inclusive Research Methodologies. ISSN Online ISBN: 9781036252649
Dickinson-Shill, A., Mason, C., Maidment, D., Plateau, C., Cope, E. and Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X (2026) Finding ‘me’ through wheelchair basketball: an autoethnographic study of finding acceptance of a new identity after acquiring a disability through surgical removal of a sacral chondrosarcoma. Disability and Rehabilitation, Latest. pp. 1-14. ISSN 0963-8288 (print) 1464-5165 (eISSN)
Malomo, Michelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8455-2587, Bracken, Sean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-4899, Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Stobbs, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9032-5340, Mauro-Bracken, Lisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4463-5265, Harris, J., Pearlgin, G. and Collier, K. (2026) Playful Communities - Universally Co-Designed Playful Spaces: Reimagining Public Spaces With Children And Communities. Project Report. Co-produced by University of Gloucestershire and University of Worcester, Play Worcester CIO. (Unpublished)
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Bright, Christopher, Farrow, Daniel and Nathan, Hilary (2026) Physical Activity Across the Life Course for People with Type 1 Diabetes. In: End Diabetes Stigma Global Summit, 28-29 March 2026, Jaipur, India. (Unpublished)
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Bright, C., Farrow, D. and Nathan, H. (2026) Physical Activity Experiences of People with Type 1 Diabetes across the Life Course. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, AOP. pp. 1-10. ISSN Print: 0736-5829 Online: 1543-2777
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Wilson, Christian, Black, Helen and Foster, Rebecca (2026) “What’s Best for you?”: Using Cripistemologies as a Grounding for Participatory Research with Communities that are Non-Verbal. In: Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education. Routledge, London, pp. 35-50. ISBN 978‑1‑032‑59101‑8 (hbk) 978‑1‑032‑59103‑2 (pbk) 978‑1‑003‑45294‑2 (ebk)
Mahoney, Berenice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7414-8185, Edwards, Christian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4170-6475, Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Lowe, Rebecca (2025) Five years on: ontological (in)security and living with significant appearance concerns before, during, and ‘since’ COVID-19. In: Perspectives in Body Image (PiBI) International Online Conference, 16th -18th September 2025, Online Conference (ACE lab, University of Durham). (Unpublished)
Burgess, Beth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-9998, Vinson, Don ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-4828, Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Molnár, Győző ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-5672 (2025) Utilising the ecological–intersectional model to identify the factors that impact LGBTQ+ coaches’ experiences in sport. Sport, Education and Society. pp. 1-15. ISSN Print: 1357-3322 Online: 1470-1243
Akimoto, S., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Nagata, S. (2025) “It’s a Story of Another World”: Perceptions of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Among Japanese Athletes With Psychiatric Impairments. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, AOP. pp. 1-25. ISSN Print: 0736-5829 Online: 1543-2777
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R. (2025) A Phenomenological Understanding of Aging ‘Well’ with Multiple Sclerosis. The Gerontologist. pp. 1-31. ISSN Print: 0016-9013; Online: 1758-5341
Edwards, Christian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4170-6475, Mahoney, Berenice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7414-8185, Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Lowe, Rebecca (2024) Staying isolated indoors means that nobody sees me”: ontological (in)security and living with significant appearance concerns before, during, and ‘since’ COVID-19. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 19 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1748-2623 (print); 1748-2631 (web)
Bracken, Seán ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-4899, Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Wilson, Helen, Kurnawati, F., Mangunsong, F. and Setiamurti, A. (2024) Strengthening Higher Education Inclusion in Indonesia and the UK through Universal Design for Learning (UDL). In: Breaking Barriers: UK-Indonesia Collaboration in Shaping Inclusive Futures, 5th December 2024, Soehanna Hall, South Jakarta, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Hopkins, Alice, Kennett, Anastasia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2980-7185, Lawrence, Harriet and Wilson, Christian (2024) Involving Experts by Experience: The Potential for UDL Conferences to Inspire Learners with Diverse Needs. In: 2nd International Universal Design for Learning Symposium, 16 - 17 September 2024, Westgrove Hotel, Clane.
Burgess, Beth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-9998, Vinson, Don ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-4828, Molnár, Győző ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-5672 and Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X (2024) The realities of utilising participatory research and creative methods to explore the experiences of non-heterosexual coaches. Sports Coaching Review, 13 (2). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2164-0629
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Molnar, Gyozo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-5672 and Vinson, Don ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-4828 (2024) Emotional Labour, Feeling Powerless, and Researcher Vulnerability: Reflections on Ethnography with Team UK Invictus 2023. In: Qualitative Research Symposium: Ethics and Power, 30 Jan 2024, 9.00am to 31 Jan 2024, 5.00pm, The Chancellors' Building, University of Bath. (Unpublished)
Burgess, Beth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-9998, Molnar, Gyozo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-5672, Vinson, Don ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-4828 and Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X (2023) Preliminary observations on the work-related experiences of non-heterosexual coaches in sport. In: ISSA 2023 World Congress of Sociology of Sport, 14th-17th August 2023, Ottawa, Canada. (Unpublished)
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Nagata, S., Hall, C., Akimoto, S., Barber, Lerverne and Sawae, Y. (2023) Developing a Socially-Just Research Agenda for Inclusive Physical Education in Japan. Quest. ISSN Print: 0033-6297 Electronic: 1543-2750
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Nagata, S., Hall, C. and Akimoto, S. (2023) A Proposition for Cultural Praxis in Critical Disability Studies: A Methodological Design for Inclusive Research. Quest. ISSN Print: 0033-6297 Electronic: 1543-2750
Neal, W. N., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R. W. (2022) Informing the development of a mobile application for the physical activity guidelines in multiple sclerosis: a qualitative, pluralistic approach. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 19 (4). pp. 1161-1169. ISSN 1748-3107
Kozue, A., Sato, T., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Tomura, T., Furuta, Y., Kasahara, H. and Nishijima, T. (2022) Japanese Female Professional Soccer Players’ Views on Second Career Development. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal. ISSN 1063-6161 (print) 1938-1581 (eISSN)
Sato, T., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Matsuo, H., Kishimoto, Y., Hashimoto, S., Ando, K. and Kataoka, C. (2022) Development of Japanese women professional soccer athletes’ second career training. Journal of Digital Life, 2 (11).
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Nagata, S., Hall, C., Akimoto, S., Barber, Lerverne and Sawae, Y. (2022) A Proposition for Cultural Praxis in Disability Research: Seeking Socially-Just Agendas for Inclusive Physical Activity. In: European Congress of Adapted Physical Activity, 9-11 June 2022, Coimbra, Portugal. (Unpublished)
Adamson, B., Adamson, M., Clarke, C., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Sydnor, S. (2022) Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Studies: A Manifesto. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. ISSN Print 0193-7235 Online 1522-7638
Silveira, S., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R. (2022) Wellness Interventions for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury. In: Cellular, Molecular, Physiological, and Behavioral Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury. Elsevier, London.
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X (2022) From Learning to Leading: Experiences of Inclusive Practitioners from University to Applied Practice. In: European Congress of Adapted Physical Activity, 9-11 June 2022, Coimbra, Portugal. (Unpublished)
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Barstow, E.A., Fifolt, M. and Motl, R.W. (2021) Models and Materials for Exercise Promotion in Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care: Completion of the ‘Exercise in Medicine’ Development Process. Disability and Rehabilitation. ISSN 0963-8288 (print) 1464-5165 (eISSN)
Silveira, S.L., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R.W. (2021) Desired Resources for Changing Diet Among Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Qualitative Inquiry Informing Future Dietary Interventions. International Journal of Multiple Sclerosis Care. ISSN 1537-2073
Sandroff, B., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R. (2021) The Neurologist as an Agent of Exercise Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 49 (4). pp. 260-266. ISSN Print: 0091-6331 Electronic: 1538-3008
Nikolajsen, H., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Fleng Sandal, L., Juul Kristensen, B. and Troelsen, J. (2021) Fitness for all – how do non-disabled people respond to inclusive fitness centres? BMC Sport Science, Medicine, and Rehabilitation, 13 (18). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2052-1847
Neal, W., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R.W. (2021) “How come you sent me the Canadian one?”Application and uptake of the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults with Multiple Sclerosis in the United States. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 38 (3). pp. 413-434. ISSN Print: 0736-5829 Online: 1543-2777
Fifolt, M., Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Barstow, E. and Motl, R. (2021) Using Quality Improvement for Refining Program Materials for Exercise Promotion in Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 43 (4). pp. 249-258. ISSN Print: 1062-2551 Online: 1945-1474
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R.W. (2021) 'Kicking and Screaming' or 'Gracefully Conceding': Creative Nonfiction Stories of Aging with Multiple Sclerosis. Qualitative Health Research. ISSN Print: 1049-7323 Online: 1552-7557
Foster, Rebecca and Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X (2021) Steps Towards A More Inclusive Physical Education. Every Child Journal, 8 (3). ISSN 2041-0840
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Foster, Rebecca and Martin, Louise (2021) Inclusive Language in Adapted Physical Education: Linking Disability Discourse from Theory to Practice. In: Physical Education and Sport for Children and Youth with Special Needs: Researches - Best Practices - Situation. Fédération Internationale d'Education Physique, Bratislava, Slovakia, pp. 455-464. ISBN 978-80-89075-99-7
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R.W. (2020) The Experience and Meaning of Aging with Multiple Sclerosis: An Existential Phenomenological Approach. Journal of Aging Studies, 54. Article no. 100872. ISSN 0890-4065
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Barstow, E., Fifolt, M. and Motl, R.W. (2020) Evaluation of a Conceptual Model Regarding Exercise Promotion Through the Patient–Provider Interaction in Multiple Sclerosis: Health Care Provider Perspectives. Qualitative Health Research, 30 (8). pp. 1262-1274. ISSN 1049-7323
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Fifolt, M., Barstow, E.A. and Motl, R.W. (2020) Exercise Promotion in Multiple Sclerosis Through the Patient–Provider Interaction: Development of Practice Models. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 5 (7). pp. 59-68. ISSN 2379-2868
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X and Motl, R.W. (2020) Promoting Inclusion in a Fitness Center through Non-Impaired Staff: Creating a Multi-Narrative Environment. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 12 (4). pp. 494-512. ISSN Print: 2159-676X Online: 2159-6778
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Barstow, E.A. and Motl, R.W. (2019) A narrative exploration of the evolving perception of exercise among people with multiple sclerosis. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 11 (1). pp. 119-137. ISSN Print: 2159-676X Online: 2159-6778
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Smith, B. and Papathomas, A. (2018) Disability and the gym: experiences, barriers and facilitators of gym use for individuals with physical disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39 (19). pp. 1950-1957. ISSN 0963-8288 (print) 1464-5165 (eISSN)
Richardson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-778X, Smith, B. and Papathomas, A. (2017) Crossing boundaries: The perceived impact of disabled fitness instructors in the gym. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 29. 84 - 92. ISSN 1469-0292

My Most Viewed As Author

#	Item title
1.	The realities of utilising participatory research and creative methods to explore the experiences of non-heterosexual coaches	269	136
2.	Inclusive Language in Adapted Physical Education: Linking Disability Discourse from Theory to Practice.	224	5
3.	Disability and the gym: experiences, barriers and facilitators of gym use for individuals with physical disabilities	210	752
4.	The Experience and Meaning of Aging with Multiple Sclerosis: An Existential Phenomenological Approach	187	206
5.	Staying isolated indoors means that nobody sees me”: ontological (in)security and living with significant appearance concerns before, during, and ‘since’ COVID-19	179	67
6.	Crossing boundaries: The perceived impact of disabled fitness instructors in the gym	178	204
7.	Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Studies: A Manifesto	173	350
8.	Steps Towards A More Inclusive Physical Education	166	934
9.	A narrative exploration of the evolving perception of exercise among people with multiple sclerosis	152
10.	'Kicking and Screaming' or 'Gracefully Conceding': Creative Nonfiction Stories of Aging with Multiple Sclerosis	151	187
11.	Emotional Labour, Feeling Powerless, and Researcher Vulnerability: Reflections on Ethnography with Team UK Invictus 2023	140	54
12.	Strengthening Higher Education Inclusion in Indonesia and the UK through Universal Design for Learning (UDL)	138
13.	Development of Japanese women professional soccer athletes’ second career training	135	77
14.	A Proposition for Cultural Praxis in Critical Disability Studies: A Methodological Design for Inclusive Research	132	154
15.	Evaluation of a Conceptual Model Regarding Exercise Promotion Through the Patient–Provider Interaction in Multiple Sclerosis: Health Care Provider Perspectives	132
16.	Fitness for all – how do non-disabled people respond to inclusive fitness centres?	131	25
17.	Exercise Promotion in Multiple Sclerosis Through the Patient–Provider Interaction: Development of Practice Models	124
18.	A Proposition for Cultural Praxis in Disability Research: Seeking Socially-Just Agendas for Inclusive Physical Activity	122	3
19.	Desired Resources for Changing Diet Among Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Qualitative Inquiry Informing Future Dietary Interventions	121
20.	From Learning to Leading: Experiences of Inclusive Practitioners from University to Applied Practice	118	2
21.	Models and Materials for Exercise Promotion in Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care: Completion of the ‘Exercise in Medicine’ Development Process	117	75
22.	Promoting Inclusion in a Fitness Center through Non-Impaired Staff: Creating a Multi-Narrative Environment	115
23.	“What’s Best for you?”: Using Cripistemologies as a Grounding for Participatory Research with Communities that are Non-Verbal	114	2
24.	Developing a Socially-Just Research Agenda for Inclusive Physical Education in Japan	113	431
25.	Using Quality Improvement for Refining Program Materials for Exercise Promotion in Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care	113	1
26.	Preliminary observations on the work-related experiences of non-heterosexual coaches in sport	111
27.	Wellness Interventions for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury	110
28.	Japanese Female Professional Soccer Players’ Views on Second Career Development	109	460
29.	“How come you sent me the Canadian one?”Application and uptake of the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults with Multiple Sclerosis in the United States	104	187
30.	Utilising the ecological–intersectional model to identify the factors that impact LGBTQ+ coaches’ experiences in sport	100	28
31.	The Neurologist as an Agent of Exercise Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis	99	289
32.	Informing the development of a mobile application for the physical activity guidelines in multiple sclerosis: a qualitative, pluralistic approach	91
33.	A Phenomenological Understanding of Aging ‘Well’ with Multiple Sclerosis	88	29
34.	“It’s a Story of Another World”: Perceptions of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Among Japanese Athletes With Psychiatric Impairments	77	24
35.	Involving Experts by Experience: The Potential for UDL Conferences to Inspire Learners with Diverse Needs	76
36.	Five years on: ontological (in)security and living with significant appearance concerns before, during, and ‘since’ COVID-19	76
37.	Physical Activity Experiences of People with Type 1 Diabetes across the Life Course	56	27
38.	Physical Activity Across the Life Course for People with Type 1 Diabetes	27
39.	Finding ‘me’ through wheelchair basketball: an autoethnographic study of finding acceptance of a new identity after acquiring a disability through surgical removal of a sacral chondrosarcoma	18	10
40.	Playful Communities - Universally Co-Designed Playful Spaces: Reimagining Public Spaces With Children And Communities	13	11
41.	Considering the Deaf Perspective: Insights of a Hearing Researcher Working with Deaf Participants	7	3
42.	Select Committee Report for Women and Equalities Committee's Inquiry, Equality at Work: Flexible Working and Disability.	1

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