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Employer invalidating diagnosis

Bookworm
over 5 years ago

Hi, My employer seem to be invalidating my AS diagnosis. I had a disciplinary appeal the other day and somebody made the comment' Oh that's just one person's opinion', I was gobsmacked all the problems I have had throughout my life and it was like this one person brought my whole world crashing down. I have struggled all my life with communicating with others and feeling different, I got my diagnosis 3 years ago from a psychologist that advertises on this very web site, who specialises in adult AS diagnosis and used NICE guidelines, surely that is proof that this person is is qualified to diagnose AS, isn't it?

Parents
  • over 5 years ago

    Thanks OP for the topic, and like others I am sorry to hear how your employers have approached this, have you got the documentation to back this up and shown them? I ask because I work in retail and over the years I have found that working with the colleagues is extremely difficult - After a while I am used to people seeing my cracks and becoming distant.

    But more recently it has become very conflicting - I had a supervisor lie to a manager regarding an issue between us to save his skin. So one of my biggest motivations for going through the diagnosis is so when (Yes, when) the time comes and this confrontation explodes I can then reveal my diagnosis and hopefully have them back off a bit - I don't really trust any of them with the information on my diagnosis prior to being forced to reveal it, as I said they're aren't a lot of people that I get on with there.

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  • over 5 years ago

    Thanks OP for the topic, and like others I am sorry to hear how your employers have approached this, have you got the documentation to back this up and shown them? I ask because I work in retail and over the years I have found that working with the colleagues is extremely difficult - After a while I am used to people seeing my cracks and becoming distant.

    But more recently it has become very conflicting - I had a supervisor lie to a manager regarding an issue between us to save his skin. So one of my biggest motivations for going through the diagnosis is so when (Yes, when) the time comes and this confrontation explodes I can then reveal my diagnosis and hopefully have them back off a bit - I don't really trust any of them with the information on my diagnosis prior to being forced to reveal it, as I said they're aren't a lot of people that I get on with there.

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to NAS39237

    Yes they have a copy of my diagnosis letter, I also have an email dating back to when I was diagnosed stating I informed my manager which I sent to the psychologist who diagnosed me, so glad I did this so it proves they cant say they didn't know.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to NAS39237

    I hope there are at least some people there that you get on with and trust, otherwise it sounds like a very bleak place and I’d be wanting out of there. I don’t think I would like to work with people I don’t get on with. I can’t even imagine it.