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tintal

I work at a university and recently registered myself with the disability support office.

I have requested a quiet place to work because it's open plan and people around me make too much noise, which makes me stressed. 

My supervisor has spoken to 'relevant people' and they said they can offer me a seat in the student office (no better), or in a completely different building.

Do they really expect me to go and work in another building? Where I'm completely separate from my team / laboratory? Why can't they provide a quiet space to work in the institute where I work? Aren't they obliged to provide that? 

Various people here have already mistreated me, leading to isolation. It just seems really ignorant. 

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  • I had this exact same problem. I worked in a really busy office with 15 other people in a relatively small space. When I told my manager that I was finding the office environment too overwhelming and was giving me sensory overload she told me to 'adapt my working style'- by that she meant find a quiet room to work in. Which is impossible in my building and my point was, what's the point in having an office if I can't work in it? I'm now in a smaller office with 4 other people and that's only because someone in that office has left and so that freed up space for me to move. 

    I'm now finding things easier, but that whole period was very stressful. I'm having my autism assessment in January (so nervous) so until I have a formal diagnosis, it's difficult for me to actually ask for reasonable adjustments. 

    My advice in your situation is to try and find a solution for yourself, and then present them with your solution. Rather than just kind of saying, I need to move where do you think I should go? Try to present them with a solution I,e I could move to so and so room as it's free etc. I find workplaces seem to be a lot more open to helping if you offer them suggestions of specifically what you want.

    I hope things get sorted for you soon as I'm sure it's causing you stress and sorry I couldn't offer you more helpful advice!

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  • I had this exact same problem. I worked in a really busy office with 15 other people in a relatively small space. When I told my manager that I was finding the office environment too overwhelming and was giving me sensory overload she told me to 'adapt my working style'- by that she meant find a quiet room to work in. Which is impossible in my building and my point was, what's the point in having an office if I can't work in it? I'm now in a smaller office with 4 other people and that's only because someone in that office has left and so that freed up space for me to move. 

    I'm now finding things easier, but that whole period was very stressful. I'm having my autism assessment in January (so nervous) so until I have a formal diagnosis, it's difficult for me to actually ask for reasonable adjustments. 

    My advice in your situation is to try and find a solution for yourself, and then present them with your solution. Rather than just kind of saying, I need to move where do you think I should go? Try to present them with a solution I,e I could move to so and so room as it's free etc. I find workplaces seem to be a lot more open to helping if you offer them suggestions of specifically what you want.

    I hope things get sorted for you soon as I'm sure it's causing you stress and sorry I couldn't offer you more helpful advice!

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