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Adult revealing autism at interviews?

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Hello everyone. Thanks for being so welcoming yesterday. I'm wondering if you can help me. People at work have cottoned on to my autism and have been making life difficult. I have left and I know that in my line work there will be verbal references about me, so I am thinking of explaining at my interviews that, although I am not diagnosed, it is likely that I am autistic. What do you think of this approach? What information should I have to hand? How should I educate myself about how "normal" people see autistic people? So far I know about reasonable adjustments, the Equality Act and harassment, from the .gov website. What else will I need? It would be a shame to throw away my career because of this. At least if I tell them, they can decide whether they want to employ me. I feel like I have fewer cards to play, but perhaps I have a new card - diversity. Does this card work? Thanks, and have a great day! Slight smile

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  • It would be easier to say if we knew what job you do and what the enviroment is? How do typical autistic traits affect your work? My current employer doesnt know, one colleague does. My previous employer I told about a year after my daignosis when they thought changes to my job were resonable and I did not. They handled it professionally and ultimatly made me redundant at my request. My current employer is old school and would not have a clue what to do .

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  • It would be easier to say if we knew what job you do and what the enviroment is? How do typical autistic traits affect your work? My current employer doesnt know, one colleague does. My previous employer I told about a year after my daignosis when they thought changes to my job were resonable and I did not. They handled it professionally and ultimatly made me redundant at my request. My current employer is old school and would not have a clue what to do .

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