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explaining to my employer

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I've had a hard day at work today. Usually I work alone as a cleaner but today I had more team working than usual and my teamies complained that I left most of the work to them. I also forgot where a room was, ooops! They kept telling me to go and clean in a particular room but I had completely forgotten that it existed. I'm waiting for an assessment of autism / ADHD / both / something else and I'm considering telling my managers. It just seems like an awkward conversation to have! Better than them thinking that I'm a lazy meanie though. Perhaps my issues at work are to do with autism / ADHD and with a little adjustment I would get on fine. Only my husband, his autism support worker and my local church ministers know so far about my diagnosis journey so I'm a bit apprehensive about telling other people who might not be as accepting. It's great to have a space where I can write about these kinds of things. Any encouragement / sharing experiences etc would be very welcome :-)

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  • its good to hear you are working and doing a pretty tough job. As an amateur,,  I advise you keep doing as best you can at work  until you get a diagnosis or get better advice, because no one here knows the details of your work contract, (if you have one).

    If you are religious, lean heavily on your religion and use it to tide you over until u get a diagnosis. eg (prey for all those you work with good or bad  ) 

    If you have time call into your local CAB ( Citizens Advice Bureau ) and check out you the legal side of declaring yourself as autistic, either,

    1. now ( called "self declaring" )  or

    2. later with a diagnosis   

    in your region and with your work contract.

    but otherwise, keep up the good work  you are doing so well holding down a job

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  • its good to hear you are working and doing a pretty tough job. As an amateur,,  I advise you keep doing as best you can at work  until you get a diagnosis or get better advice, because no one here knows the details of your work contract, (if you have one).

    If you are religious, lean heavily on your religion and use it to tide you over until u get a diagnosis. eg (prey for all those you work with good or bad  ) 

    If you have time call into your local CAB ( Citizens Advice Bureau ) and check out you the legal side of declaring yourself as autistic, either,

    1. now ( called "self declaring" )  or

    2. later with a diagnosis   

    in your region and with your work contract.

    but otherwise, keep up the good work  you are doing so well holding down a job

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  • in reply to aidie

    Thank you for your reply. That's a thought, I would like to pray more for colleagues. I don't really see them as good or bad, I can understand how someone who forgets where a room is must be frustrating and people don't want to work with me. I have a six month contract and I don't expect it to be renewed, but I'm used to that :-) That's a great idea to consider the legal side of declaring :-)