Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi
I was diagnosed 4 months ago, & was a late diagnosed in my 40's. I have always thought everyone had the same struggles & sensory issues that I had & learnt to tolerate a lot of things in my life. I have disclosed my diagnosis to my manager, & was talking to her about my struggles & got shut down & told "everyone feels like that". I struggle to explain how I feel & was one of the few times I have ever opened up at work & I was just shut down. This was a few weeks ago & I keep replaying the conversations & can't figure out how I should respond to comments like this. I know this conversation will come up again, as I have asked for an occupational health referral to discuss reasonable adjustments.
If people have good answers to the everyone feels like that statement or ways to deal with this, I'd love to hear them.
Thank you
his comment doesnt matter, if you have diagnosis your protected by the disability act and they have to make reasonable adjustments to whatever issues you have if possible. they cant ignore the law.such adjustments can include changing your worktimes to a time frame that is less noisy, giving your ear plugs as ppe too is one thing they could do.your boss opinion and words dont matter if you have a diagnosis, boss is powerless against law and procedure.