Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, just to let you know, friends on Facebook are asking how they can support me and my right to work without discrimination or bullying and I am asking them to lobby
Parliament through this link appga@nas.org.uk. We often think of providing a service to Autistic people within schools but not realise that there actually may be teaching and
support staff on the spectrum, who are excluded and are afraid to be open as I was.due to the consequences. Has anyone seen the film about a gay man in 'Phillidelphia' who was
bullied and lost his job, well we are facing that today. I may have poor mental health right now but I still have my right to employment and was not asked to resign because I was useless
but due to the 'environment' not compatible with my autism, in the Principals words. School Academies are not autistic friendly for both students or staff on the spectrum, Government needs
to know.
Did this happen to you in a UK school? Pretty sure they can't legally behave like this here. Other then taking them to a tribunal I am not sure what other support there is. I have been extremely lucky with my employment
Yes it did and have just put a case forward to my union, Unison, I had worked there previously for eight and a half years prior to the diagnosis, before it became a very large Academy.