Un aperçu critique de la manière dont les publications anglaises sur la santé et les soins sociaux représentent la vie intime des adultes autistes

Titre original en anglais : A critical overview of how English health and social care publications represent autistic adults’ intimate lives

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Huysamen, M., Kourti, M., & Hatton, C. (2022). A critical overview of how English health and social care publications represent autistic adults’ intimate lives. Critical Social Policy, 43(4), 626-653. https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183221142216

Date de publication: 18/12/2022 Ajout dans AutiHub: 06/07/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais
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Auteur·ices des publications
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Auteur·ices de la publication identifié·es comme autistes
1 / 3 (33,3 %)
  1. Monique Huysamen
  2. Marianthi Kourti *
  3. Chris Hatton

Résumé

Les personnes autistes font face à davantage de barrières sociales à l'égard des relations intimes et éprouvent une plus grande anxiété autour de celles-ci que la population générale dans notre société majoritairement neurotypique, ce qui entraîne une augmentation de la solitude et de l'isolement social. Les politiques et publications nationales relatives à la santé et aux soins sociaux devraient reconnaître ces inégalités et orienter les systèmes de services afin de les réduire. Dans cet article, nous utilisons une méthode d'analyse documentaire pour analyser un échantillon transversal de publications nationales anglaises sur la santé et les soins sociaux afin d'examiner comment la vie intime des adultes autistes est représentée et priorisée dans ces publications. La plupart des publications ne reconnaissent ni ne priorisent de manière adéquate et proportionnée la vie intime des personnes autistes. Elles se concentrent sur les risques associés au sexe et aux relations et négligent les besoins d'intimité spécifiques à l'autisme. Elles donnent la priorité à la participation au marché du travail tout en renonçant à la responsabilité gouvernementale de soutenir les relations intimes, lesquelles peuvent réduire la solitude et l'aliénation. Nous proposons des recommandations afin de garantir que les processus de publication dans les domaines de la santé et des soins sociaux reconnaissent mieux la vie intime.

Autistic people face more social barriers to, and experience greater anxiety around, intimate relationships than the general population in our majority neurotypical society, leading to increased loneliness and social isolation. National health and social care policies and publications should recognise these inequalities and guide service systems in reducing them. In this paper, we employ a document analysis design to analyse a cross-section of English national health and social care publications to investigate how autistic adults’ intimate lives are represented and prioritised in these publications. Most publications do not adequately and proportionally recognise or prioritise autistic people's intimate lives. They focus on the risks associated with sex and relationships and overlook autism-specific intimacy needs. They prioritise participation in the workforce while renouncing government responsibility for supporting intimate relationships which can reduce loneliness and alienation. We offer recommendations to ensure that health and social care publication processes better recognise intimate lives.

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4 / 44 (9,1 %)
Occurrences d’auteur·ices cité·es identifié·es comme autistes
4 / 104 (3,8 %)
Parmi les occurrences rattachées à des auteurices intégré·es à la base de données AutiHub : 4 / 33 (12,1 %). Auteurices cité·es distinct·es identifié·es comme autistes : 4 / 95 (4,2 %).
Occurrences citées rattachées à la base AutiHub
33 / 104 (31,7 %)
Auteurices cité·es distinct·es rattaché·es : 28 / 95 (29,5 %)
Occurrences rattachées, non identifiées comme autistes
29 / 33 (87,9 %)
Parmi les seules occurrences rattachées. Sur l’ensemble des occurrences d’auteurices cité·es : 29 / 104 (27,9 %). Auteurices cité·es distinct·es rattaché·es, non identifié·es comme autistes : 24 / 28 (85,7 %).
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