Lorsque l'ecriture autistique est superieure a l'ecriture neurotypique : le cas des blogs

Titre original en anglais : When autistic writing is superior to neurotypical writing: the case of blogs

Caldwell‐Harris, C. L. & Posner, S. D. (2024). When autistic writing is superior to neurotypical writing: the case of blogs. Educational Review, 76(7), 1875-1897. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2024.2302119

Date de publication: 23/01/2024 Ajout dans AutiHub: 05/07/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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1 / 2 (50,0 %)

Résumé

La recherche sur l'ecriture des personnes autistes s'est longtemps concentree sur les faiblesses en matiere de complexite structurelle, d'organisation et de capacites de prise de perspective. Plus recemment, la prise de conscience que l'ecriture peut etre une force s'est accrue, comme le suggere la recherche sur les memoires autobiographiques autistiques. Afin d'en savoir plus sur la qualite de l'ecriture des personnes autistes lorsqu'elles utilisent le langage a leurs propres fins, nous nous sommes tournes vers des blogs rediges par des auteurs autistes. Les profils d'utilisation des mots en ligne ont ete analyses chez 30 blogueurs autistes s'etant eux-memes identifies comme tels et 30 blogueurs non autistes apparies selon l'age et le genre, supposes etre neurotypiques (NT). En outre, le contenu des blogs a ete analyse quant a l'eventail des sujets abordes. Les sujets ont ete categorises selon de grands themes, notamment les loisirs courants (p. ex. sports, arts, artisanat), les preoccupations (p. ex. personnes, vehicules, nourriture, machines) et les domaines academiques (p. ex. systemes de croyances, sciences, nombres, histoire). Par rapport aux blogueurs NT, les blogueurs autistes ecrivaient de maniere plus complexe, telle que mesuree par la longueur des mots et des phrases ainsi que par un vocabulaire rare. Les blogueurs autistes ecrivaient souvent sur les sciences ou d'autres sujets abstraits plutot que de discuter d'evenements de la vie quotidienne. Ces resultats suggerent qu'un sous-groupe de personnes autistes, celles qui ecrivent des blogs, est capable d'ecrire dans un style plus complexe que ses pairs NT. Cela peut refleter une orientation intellectuelle ou le fait que les personnes autistes ayant des competences d'ecriture sophistiquees sont celles qui choisissent de tenir des blogs. Sensibiliser au fait que certaines personnes autistes peuvent etre de bons redacteurs sera d'une grande aide pour divers acteurs, notamment les educateurs, les cliniciens, les familles et les personnes autistes elles-memes.

Research on autistic individuals’ writing has long focused on weaknesses in structural complexity, organisation, and perspective-taking skills. More recently, awareness has grown that writing can be a strength, as suggested by research on autistic memoirs. To learn more about how well autistic individuals write when they use language for their own purposes, we turned to autistic-authored blogs. Online word usage patterns were analysed for 30 self-identified autistic bloggers and 30 age and gender-matched non-autistic bloggers, assumed to be neurotypical (NT). In addition, blog content was analysed for the range of topics discussed. Topics were categorised according to broad topics including common hobbies (e.g. sports, arts, crafts), preoccupations (e.g. people, vehicles, food, machines), and academic domains (e.g. belief systems, science, numbers, history). Compared to NT bloggers, autistic bloggers wrote in a more complex manner, as measured by word and sentence length and rare vocabulary. Autistic bloggers often wrote about science or other abstract topics rather than discussing daily life events. These findings suggest that one subset of autistic individuals, those who write blogs, are able to write in a more complex style than their NT peers. This may reflect having an intellectual orientation, or, autistic people with sophisticated writing skills are the ones who choose to author blogs. Raising awareness that some autistic individuals can be strong writers will be of broad help to diverse stakeholders, including educators, clinicians, families and autistic individuals themselves.

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66
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Références citées avec un·e auteur·ice identifié·e comme autiste
9 / 66 (13,6 %)
Occurrences d’auteur·ices cité·es identifié·es comme autistes
10 / 168 (6,0 %)
Parmi les occurrences rattachées à des auteurices intégré·es à la base de données AutiHub : 10 / 70 (14,3 %). Auteurices cité·es distinct·es identifié·es comme autistes : 6 / 144 (4,2 %).
Occurrences citées rattachées à la base AutiHub
70 / 168 (41,7 %)
Auteurices cité·es distinct·es rattaché·es : 51 / 144 (35,4 %)
Occurrences rattachées, non identifiées comme autistes
60 / 70 (85,7 %)
Parmi les seules occurrences rattachées. Sur l’ensemble des occurrences d’auteurices cité·es : 60 / 168 (35,7 %). Auteurices cité·es distinct·es rattaché·es, non identifié·es comme autistes : 45 / 51 (88,2 %).
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