Le sujet impossible : l'appartenance en tant que personne neurodivergente dans les congrégations

Titre original en anglais : The Impossible Subject: Belonging as a Neurodivergent in Congregations

Waldock, K. E. (2023). The Impossible Subject: Belonging as a Neurodivergent in Congregations. Journal of Disability & Religion, 27(4), 568-583. https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2023.2249452

Date de publication: 20/08/2023 Ajout dans AutiHub: 07/07/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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Il a été rapporté dans la littérature académique que les personnes neurodivergentes ne ressentent pas toujours un sentiment d'appartenance au sein des congrégations religieuses. Des travaux antérieurs ont souligné que certaines personnes neurodivergentes peuvent être stigmatisées et/ou exclues dans des contextes congrégationnels. Cependant, peu d'attention a été accordée à la manière dont les personnes neurodivergentes appartiennent aux congrégations, en particulier du point de vue neurodivergent. En utilisant une méthodologie autoethnographique, j'interroge mon propre récit personnel d'appartenance au sein d'espaces congrégationnels. J'ai combiné la théorie de la stigmatisation sociale de Goffman et la théorisation de la stigmatisation sociale de Scambler afin d'examiner une expérience neurodivergente au sein de congrégations religieuses et d'explorer l'interface entre le fait d'être neurodivergent et le fait de ressentir un sentiment d'appartenance dans une congrégation religieuse. Cette autoethnographie met en évidence que la gestion des impressions (en particulier le passing et le masking) est centrale aux sentiments d'appartenance et de manque d'appartenance que j'ai éprouvés. La manière dont l'église est « pratiquée » semble également influencer les sentiments d'appartenance, les normes dans les églises mentionnées dans le récit étant souvent façonnées par la normalité.

Neurodivergent people have been reported in academic literature to not always feel a sense of belonging within church congregations. Previous scholarship has highlighted that some neurodivergent people may be stigmatized and/or excluded within congregational settings. However little attention has been paid to how neurodivergent people belong within congregations, especially from a neurodivergent perspective. Using an autoethnographic methodology, I interrogate my own personal narrative of belonging within congregational spaces. I blended Goffman’s social stigma theory and Scambler’s theorization of social stigma to examine a neurodivergent experience within church congregations, and to explore the interface between being neurodivergent and feeling a sense of belonging in a church congregation. This autoethnography highlights how impression management (particularly passing and masking) are central to the feelings of belonging, and lack of belonging, I experienced. How church is “done” also appears to influence feelings of belonging, with norms in the churches mentioned in the narrative often shaped by normalcy.

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