Jump to content
DeckardB26354

Employment law protection & Aspergers

Recommended Posts

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 :)

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

From what I read, many AS - ASD people work in jobs that are far below their capabilities or qualifications level, for precisely the same reasons you cite here: the work colleague relationships.

 

It seems to me that not a whole lot can be found out for free about UK law generally, unless you visit the Citizens Advice Bureau. Maybe you can find something out about this from searching on the web?

 

Even in my blue collar manual jobs, I often had issues with people I worked with so eventually I chose solo-working jobs or used employment agencies so's I wasn't stuck in the same routine with the same people for over-long.

 

I likely would disclose my ASD now anyways to an employer.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

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.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

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.

Edited by DeckardB26354

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...

×
×
  • Create New...