Gunilla Gerland (born 13 July 1963, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish author, lecturer and debater on the topic of Asperger syndrome.
Her 1996 autobiography entitled A Real Person: Life on the Outside (original Swedish title: En Riktig Människa), described growing up with Asperger syndrome in an unsympathetic environment.She has continued to write and also lecture and debate on Asperger syndrome and the autism spectrum.
She works as a counsellor and educator in the field in Stockholm.
Her writings have been cited in work concerning the autism spectrum and autism-related problems such as prosopagnosia, in addition to ways in which autism is analysed and discussed.