L’ARRIVÉE À L’UNIVERSITÉ D’ÉTUDIANTS EN SITUATION DE HANDICAP : UN POINT SUR LA DIMENSION PSYCHOLOGIQUE ARRIVAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: A POINT ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSION

Résumé

Cet article s’appuie sur une revue de la littérature des années 1990 à nos jours concernant l’étudiant en situation de handicap (incluant l’analyse de témoignages d’étudiants) à son arrivée à l’université. Il convient de tenir compte de cette situation complexe de par la diversité des parcours des jeunes adultes, des étudiants et de la profonde mutation de leur situation de vie dans ce passage à l’âge adulte. Il s’agit aussi de tenir compte de la diversité situations de handicap et des spécificités qu’elles posent ou non pendant les études. Face à toutes ces transitions et ces problématiques particulières (autonomisation, séparation/individuation), il s’agit d’être attentif à la santé et notamment à la santé psychique des jeunes adultes et des étudiants, problématique restée trop longtemps sous silence (dépression, addiction, la place des nouvelles technologies etc.). Il s’agit de mieux appréhender les possibles désorganisations psychiques de l’étudiant au cours de cette période de transition, mais aussi ses possibles ressources.

Mots-clés :

• étudiant,
• université,
• handicap visible,
• handicap invisible,
• transition

Abstract

This article is based on a review of the literature from the 1990s until today regarding studies of students with disabilities (including analysis of student testimonials) upon their arrival at the university. This is a complex issue because there is a large diversity of life-courses among these students and also because they are facing profound changes as they proceed to the transition toward adulthood. It is also necessary to take into account the diversity of disability situations and the specificities they may pose during the students; undergraduate or graduate studies. Facing with transitions such as empowerment, separation, individuation, it is necessary to pay attention to disabled students; and young adults; health and more specifically psychic health. Indeed, some of issues such as depression, addiction, attitude to emergent technologies, etc., have for long remained underexplored. Another open issue is to better grasp students; potential psychic disorders during this period as well as means to remedy them.

This article is based on a review of the literature from the 1990s until today regarding studies of students with disabilities (including analysis of student testimonials) upon their arrival at the university. This is a complex issue because there is a large diversity of life-courses among these students and also because they are facing profound changes as they proceed to the transition toward adulthood. It is also necessary to take into account the diversity of disability situations and the specificities they may pose during the students; undergraduate or graduate studies. Facing with transitions such as empowerment, separation, individuation, it is necessary to pay attention to disabled students; and young adults; health and more specifically psychic health. Indeed, some of issues such as depression, addiction, attitude to emergent technologies, etc., have for long remained underexplored. Another open issue is to better grasp students; potential psychic disorders during this period as well as means to remedy them.:

• student,
• university,
• visible disability,
• invisible disability,
• transition