Hi,
Having recently been diagnosed with AS after many years of productive work my employer requested a workplace assessment. I received a copy of the report which has raised my concerns. Principally, my manager and I do not see eye to eye and I'm concerned that the report may not be as helpful as I thought it might be.
IMHO it has overplayed certain aspects of my presentation of AS eg light and sound sensitivity, which though the report admits I do not have any problem with in the office yet suggests I be moved to a quieter area of the office.
However, my greater concern is that the assessment was supposed to talk to people with whom I directly work with. This does not appear to have been done and the only person in my work area consulted was my manager. Comments in the assessment refer to statements such as "Staff have commented ... " which are heresay and IMHO overly reflect my manager's stance.
I have had occasional fatigue and tireness problems at work, which may be AS linked but the repsonse in the report is that I shoould consult with my GP, and makes no allowance for the possibility that it may be due poor sleep patterns due to AS.
The word "struggles" also seems to appear a large number of times implying I have cognitive difficulty, in for example talking about technical matters with my manager when I don't discuss such since she has no technical background and wouldn't understand what I was talking about in any case.
Has anyone had any similar expereince they could share? Or am I worrying overly? I requested the report before it was sent management so I could ask for any corrections to be made. Should I make a thing about possible bias?
Any advice welcome.
