Une étude exploratoire des attitudes envers l'autisme parmi des chrétiens pratiquants dans le sud-est de l'Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Titre original en anglais : An Exploratory Study of Attitudes toward Autism Amongst Church-Going Christians in the South East of England, United Kingdom

Waldock, K. E. & Forrester‐Jones, R. (2020). An Exploratory Study of Attitudes toward Autism Amongst Church-Going Christians in the South East of England, United Kingdom. Journal of Disability & Religion, 24(4), 349-370. https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2020.1776667

Date de publication: 11/06/2020 Ajout dans AutiHub: 07/07/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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Résumé

L'accès aux communautés religieuses peut être difficile pour les personnes autistes. Bien que des lignes directrices spécifiques sur l'autisme soient disponibles pour que les églises les suivent, leur diffusion parmi les communautés religieuses, ainsi que les attitudes des pratiquants envers l'autisme, sont inconnues. Des entretiens semi-structurés ont été menés auprès de vingt et un pratiquants adultes de quatre églises protestantes en Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Une approche de théorisation ancrée a été utilisée pour analyser les données, et trois thèmes ont été identifiés : « différentes compréhensions de l'autisme », « degrés de capacitisme » et « pratique idiosyncrasique ». Nous avons constaté des attitudes positives et péjoratives ; ce mélange de perspectives reflétant la pratique idiosyncrasique parmi les églises. Des recommandations pour de futures recherches et pour la pratique des églises sont fournies.

Access to church communities can be difficult for autistic people. Whilst specific autism guidelines are available for churches to follow, their dissemination among church communities, as well as churchgoers’ attitudes towards autism is unknown. Semi-structured interviews were used with twenty-one adult church-goers from four Protestant churches in England, UK. Using a grounded theory approach to analyze the data, three themes were identified: “different understandings of autism”, “degrees of ableism” and “idiosyncratic practice.” We found positive and pejorative attitudes; this mix of perspectives reflecting the idiosyncratic practice among churches. Recommendations for further research and church practice are provided.

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Parmi les occurrences rattachées à des auteurices intégré·es à la base de données AutiHub : 2 / 19 (10,5 %). Auteurices cité·es distinct·es identifié·es comme autistes : 2 / 127 (1,6 %).
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Parmi les seules occurrences rattachées. Sur l’ensemble des occurrences d’auteurices cité·es : 17 / 138 (12,3 %). Auteurices cité·es distinct·es rattaché·es, non identifié·es comme autistes : 16 / 18 (88,9 %).
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