« Un lien profond, empathique et merveilleux » : définitions et expériences du lien à la nature chez des adultes autistes

Titre original en anglais : ‘A deep, empathetic, wondrous connection’: Autistic adults' definitions and experiences of nature connection

Friedman, S., McHaffie, S., Noble, R., & Stenning, A. (2025). ‘A deep, empathetic, wondrous connection’: Autistic adults' definitions and experiences of nature connection. People and Nature, 7(2), 504-515. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10779

Date de publication: 13/01/2025 Ajout dans AutiHub: 06/07/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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Résumé Le lien à la nature est un concept important pour comprendre les relations entre les humains et la nature, les intérêts pour la nature et les comportements pro-environnementaux. Cependant, les conceptualisations de cette relation ont jusqu'à présent exclu les perspectives autistes. Par cette analyse thématique réflexive des réponses à une enquête de 108 participants autistes au Royaume-Uni, nous avons cherché à comprendre comment les personnes autistes définissent et vivent le lien à la nature. À cette fin, nous avons élaboré trois thèmes : « sentir que vous bénéficiez à la nature et que la nature vous bénéficie » ; « se connecter à quelque chose d'ancien auquel j'appartiens néanmoins » ; et « cela me rend un peu triste, pour être honnête ». Chez de nombreux participants de cet échantillon, la nature n'était pas quelque chose qu'ils considéraient comme séparé d'eux-mêmes (ou des humains plus généralement), et le lien à la nature n'était donc pas une relation simple et unidirectionnelle, ni une opposition binaire nette. Par ce travail, nous espérons contribuer à l'effort visant à imprégner l'écopsychologie et les domaines connexes des influences des études critiques sur le handicap. Consultez le résumé gratuit en langage clair de cet article sur le blog de la revue.

Abstract Connection to nature is an important concept for understanding human‐nature relationships, interests in nature and pro‐environmental behaviours. However, conceptualisations of this relationship thus far have excluded autistic perspectives. Through this reflexive thematic analysis of survey responses from 108 autistic participants in the UK, we sought to understand how autistic people define and experience connection to nature. Towards this aim, we developed three themes: ‘feeling that you benefit nature and nature benefits you’; ‘connecting with something ancient to which I nevertheless belong’; and ‘it makes me a little sad tbh.’ Across many participants in this sample, nature was not something they saw as separate from themselves (or from humans more generally), and so connection to nature was not a simple, unidirectional relationship nor a clear‐cut binary. Through this work, we hope to contribute towards the effort to imbue ecopsychology and related fields with the influences of critical disability studies. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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