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Reasonable adjustments/Access to work for autistic teacher

Sparrow

Are there any other autistic teachers out there? I’m newly diagnosed and really struggling at work. They’re sympathetic but I’m wondering what adjustments could possibly be made. (I didn’t know I was autistic when I started my latest job in September, having always assumed everyone else was equally stressed or that I was just a bit more feeble than the others)

Has anyone used the government Access to Work scheme? One of my sons suggested I ask for funding for better hearing aids to cope with the noise. I also have a hearing impairment.

Thanks! 

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  • I am an autistic teacher, in secondary. I cope reasonably well, as I find teaching is often about putting on a show, so the teacher mask comes on in school, and comes off when I go home. Maybe that helps me. I should hate it, bright lights, noise, chaos, but i seem to thrive.

    Schools should he well aware of reasonable adjustments for students so it follows that they are made for staff too.

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  • I am an autistic teacher, in secondary. I cope reasonably well, as I find teaching is often about putting on a show, so the teacher mask comes on in school, and comes off when I go home. Maybe that helps me. I should hate it, bright lights, noise, chaos, but i seem to thrive.

    Schools should he well aware of reasonable adjustments for students so it follows that they are made for staff too.

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  • in reply to AwkwardKid

    Hooray! A fellow secondary autist! Agree the actual teaching is not the problem. It’’s an act. I can be quite entertaining and I enjoy the analytic element of working out how best to help learners. It’s all the social expectations, the sensory overload and the sheer volume of work I’m finding tough. It’s a massive school and none of us have our own rooms. I’m compiling a simple list of reasonable adjustments (eg written instructions) but I think it’s too much to do full time Disappointed