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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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  • Honestly from experience disclosing that you are currently awaiting diagnosis for both Autism and ADHD may be a seriously bad decision. People are evil and will use that fact to harass and escape goat on you leading to more problems at work. People often tend to confuse autism and adhd with intellectual disabilities and mental health disorders which other co worker can use to make you appear unhinged or mentally disturbed. Typically the company you work for will start looking into ways of managing you out of the workplace or encourage bullying to get rid of you as typically making reasonable adjustment within the workplace is hassle to your employer and they we view you as an unnecessary financial expense to adapt the workplace. 

    If you are going to disclose that you are currently awaiting to be assessed for both autism and adhd i would recommend you get a doctors letter and hand a copy into your human resources or employer to put in you employee record as proof that you have discussed and disclosed the fact you may have a possible disability.. 

  • in reply to Blue

    I'm sorry to hear about your experiences, that does sound bad! I've had similar with physical health issues, being managed out of the workplace, though I'm not sure I've ever been aware of encouragement of bullying. Mind you, I'm blissfully unaware of lots of things :-) My current managers seem accepting and I've explained to them that my husband is autistic and they seemed open-minded. However I don't have to think about any of that for a few days as I've been asked to self-isolate at home! Now to make a list of things to do, write out a new routine, lose the list, forget about the routine ...

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  • in reply to Blue

    I'm sorry to hear about your experiences, that does sound bad! I've had similar with physical health issues, being managed out of the workplace, though I'm not sure I've ever been aware of encouragement of bullying. Mind you, I'm blissfully unaware of lots of things :-) My current managers seem accepting and I've explained to them that my husband is autistic and they seemed open-minded. However I don't have to think about any of that for a few days as I've been asked to self-isolate at home! Now to make a list of things to do, write out a new routine, lose the list, forget about the routine ...

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