Neurodiversite dans l enseignement superieur

Titre original en anglais : Neurodiversity in Higher Education

Gregory, D. & Murray, F. (2025). Neurodiversity in Higher Education. In Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning (pp. 49-72). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-8044-4.ch003

Date de publication: 08/08/2025 Ajout dans AutiHub: 06/07/2026 Type: Chapitre de livre Langue de l’article: Anglais

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Les etudiants neurodivergents sont systematiquement defavorises dans l enseignement superieur. Nombre des obstacles auxquels ils sont confrontes decoulent de la persistance de recits depasses sur le handicap et la difference, ainsi que du refus institutionnel d ecouter les etudiants en ce qui concerne leurs propres besoins. En plus de toutes les courbes d apprentissage habituellement abruptes auxquelles les etudiants font face lorsqu ils entrent pour la premiere fois a l universite, de nombreux etudiants neurodivergents doivent apprendre pour la premiere fois a defendre leurs propres interets : comprendre leurs propres besoins d acces, ce qui peut les aider et comment se battre pour obtenir du soutien. Nous nous appuyons sur nos propres experiences et sur celles des etudiants que nous avons aides a soutenir, ainsi que sur la litterature de recherche, afin d examiner les realites de la vie universitaire pour les etudiants neurodivergents et d examiner les facteurs qui entravent leur epanouissement personnel et academique. Nous soutenons qu une approche centree sur l etudiant et favorable a la neurodivergence, associee a un soutien entre pairs semi-formalise, est susceptible de faciliter le parcours.

Neurodivergent students are systematically disadvantaged in higher education. Many of the barriers that they face stem from the persistence of outdated narratives about disability and difference, and institutional refusal to listen to students when it comes to their own needs. In addition to all of the usual steep learning curves faced by students when they first enter university, many neurodivergent students need to learn how to be their own advocates for the first time: understanding their own access needs, what can help, and how to fight for support. We draw on our own experiences and those of students we have helped support, along with the research literature, to examine the realities of university life for neurodivergent students, and look at the factors in the way of personal and academic thriving. We argue that a neurodivergence-affirming, student-centred approach, coupled with semi-formalised peer support, has the potential to smooth the way.

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