Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all,
I am an autistic male with an official diagnosis from Psychiatry-UK. I revealed myself as autistic to my workplace, and the results were disappointing.
My knowledge of corporate environment tells me that the HR is just scared of a discriminations lawsuit and advised my managers to keep me at distance. They cannot just fire me because I waited for 2 years to disclose my condition.
Some questions:
Thanks
I’m so sorry Mark. I have found disclosing only had negative consequences too. A lot of neurotypical people seem to have these stereotypes about autism and you’re then treated differently even when they claim to be inclusive. Everything I’ve gone for since disclosing autism, I haven’t even got to interview stage. I don’t understand why people aren’t treated as individuals, not everyone with autism is the same, and there are positive traits of autism too. I think I’m going to go down the not disclosing route in future