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Reasonable adjustments

CFen

I was recently diagnosed with ASD - I am a 30 year old female and work full time in a finance role.

I have asked my employer for reasonable adjustments and HR have advised me that they wouldn't consider anything until I present a report from an expert which identifies what RAs may be beneficial for me. Apparently this is usual procedure, but I don't have anything like this, and I'm not sure if I can obtain it. Has anyone been told anything similar, or know what the law says on this?

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  • Definitely get in touch with Access to Work. They will do an assessment (I wasn't overly impressed with mine, but it didn't affect the outcome too much) and can provide a grant that will pay for equipment like noise cancelling headphones, and also things like disability awareness training for your workplace and coaching for you. They can also make recommendations for reasonable adjustments that don't have a cost, such as flexible working. That might solve all of the issues you are having.

    If your employer is insisting on a report before making adjustments (I don't think that they should, by the way, and I don't think it's standard practice) then I think they should be paying for that. They can pay for an company like Genius Within to do a specialist assessment, or they could buy in an occupational health assessment if they don't have their own occupational health services. ACAS are very helpful so it's worth calling them to see what they say. I would read up on the relevant bits on their website about disability and reasonable adjustments before calling.

  • in reply to Invisiblewoman
    Invisiblewoman said:
    can provide a grant that will pay for equipment like noise cancelling headphones

    I didn't know this when I bought my own! Then again, that was before I got my formal DX so it wouldn't have worked when I needed them initially.

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