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I'll also contact the CAB & research further, thank you At what point now would you disclose ASD? I've heard people saying when they disclose it at interview, they never get the job.

Yeah I'm a massive under achiever, because of difficulties with my mental health on its own (emotional melt downs) and because of social anxiety around NTs - because I find it so hard to understand them, it often makes me feel they run rings around me in a manipulative way, which gets me really angry! I like your idea of temp'ing - I'm much better in short bursts with other people - both in & out of work. I might look into learning Oracle and/or SAP IT - those companies use a lot of fixed term temp workers.

Hi there, I was diagnosed with Aspergers a couple of months back - which certainly explained a lot to me & came as a relief too. I have always had difficulty with working & never been in each job I've had for more than a year. My trouble with work has always been getting on with other employees, or in the case of when I was self employed, clients! This has mostly been other people upsetting me, to the point I have a bit of a melt down & leave. It's also less frequently been my direct behaviour - an example being me going into a colleague's drawer to use their hand sanitiser & not realising that broke social etiquette and was upsetting to her, getting reprimanded by the boss & feeling ostracised I want to go back to work - and need the income of an average UK salary, but I'm very fearful of doing anything but low paid, simple jobs, like working in a cinema (I'm a big film fan ) My actual field of work for which I'm qualified is financial services, doing research & planning for financial advisers. Although I haven't worked at all now for 2 years after a huge melt down in my last job, which turned my life upside down. I therefore wondered what protection there was in employment law for those of us with Aspergers, what it provides & how to disclose having Aspergers to an employer & how that's gone for you guys. I feel now my social awkwardness can be explained, if I have legal protection from unfair treatment, I'd go back to a demanding job Thanks a lot