Comprendre l’utilisation du terme « autisme militarisé » sur une plateforme de médias sociaux d’extrême droite

Titre original en anglais : Understanding the Use of the Term “Weaponized Autism” in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform

Welch, C., Senman, L., Loftin, R., Picciolini, C., Robison, J. E., Westphal, A., Perry, B., Nguyen, J., Jachyra, P., Stevenson, S., Aggarwal, J., Wijekoon, S., Baron-Cohen, S., & Penner, M. (2022). Understanding the Use of the Term “Weaponized Autism” in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(10), 4035-4046. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05701-0

Date de publication: 10/08/2022 Ajout dans AutiHub: 06/07/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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CONTEXTE : Le terme « autisme militarisé » est fréquemment utilisé sur des plateformes extrémistes. Afin de mieux comprendre ce phénomène, nous avons mené une analyse du discours de publications sur Gab, une plateforme de médias sociaux d’extrême droite. MÉTHODES : Nous avons analysé 711 publications couvrant la période 2018-2019 et les avons filtrées pour repérer des variantes du terme « autisme militarisé ». RÉSULTATS : Ce terme est principalement utilisé par des utilisateurs non autistes de Gab. Il renvoie à l’exploitation de talents et de vulnérabilités perçus des « autistes militarisés », décrits comme des maîtres de la technologie tout-puissants dépourvus de compétences sociales. CONCLUSIONS : Le terme « autisme militarisé » est à la fois glorifié et péjoratif. Pour certaines personnes autistes, l’acceptation partielle offerte au sein de cette communauté peut être préférable à l’absence d’acceptation offerte dans la société, ce qui plaide en faveur de l’amélioration de l’acceptation sociétale en tant qu’effort de prévention.

BACKGROUND: The term "weaponized autism" is frequently used on extremist platforms. To better understand this, we conducted a discourse analysis of posts on Gab, an alt-right social media platform. METHODS: We analyzed 711 posts spanning 2018-2019 and filtered for variations on the term "weaponized autism". RESULTS: This term is used mainly by non-autistic Gab users. It refers to exploitation of perceived talents and vulnerabilities of "Weaponized autists", described as all-powerful masters-of-technology who are devoid of social skills. CONCLUSIONS: The term "weaponized autism" is simultaneously glorified and derogatory. For some autistic people, the partial acceptance offered within this community may be preferable to lack of acceptance offered in society, which speaks to improving societal acceptance as a prevention effort.

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Parmi les seules occurrences rattachées. Sur l’ensemble des occurrences d’auteurices cité·es : 21 / 142 (14,8 %). Auteurices cité·es distinct·es rattaché·es, non identifié·es comme autistes : 16 / 20 (80,0 %).
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