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Jury Service as an autistic adult

NAS95355
20 days ago

Hi, I've been called for Jury Service and am wondering if anyone has any experience of it please?  Specifically, I have to fill in the form and return it in 7 days and it asks about reasonable adjustments - I'm not sure whether to say I'm autistic or not because the main thing that might happen is I get so overwhelmed I have a panic attack - but I don't know if that's going to happen or not .  I don't want them to say I can't do it incase this happens because it might not and then I'd miss out on something I would find very interesting.

What to do ??

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  • 20 days ago

    Hi and welcome to the community!

    I don't have any personal experience of this, so can't advise from that perspective. 

    But I did have a look through some previous posts on this forum and found this comment from four years ago by , which I thought you might find helpful, because it directly addresses your specific concern:

    "I work in the courts as an usher and recently supported a juror with autism through a trial they had been selected for. They hadn't mentioned it on the form you are given that covers both loss of earnings and any health issues that may affect you during jury service, I only found out when they disclosed it to me after having a panic attack.

    So my top tip would be to always mention it on that form, to the jury manager and to the usher who is assisting on the trial once you've been selected. Your well-being throughout your service is our priority :) I recognise that the justice system as it currently stands is not totally accessible for all but HMCTS are bringing out new resources soon that will go to all courts in England and Wales to help staff to better support service users with autism, and where I'm based the team are working hard to implement procedures as soon as we can!"

    From: https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/7928/jury-duty

    If you like, you could also search for other past discussions on jury duty via the forum's search tool.

    I hope this is helpful! :) 

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  • 20 days ago

    Hi and welcome to the community!

    I don't have any personal experience of this, so can't advise from that perspective. 

    But I did have a look through some previous posts on this forum and found this comment from four years ago by , which I thought you might find helpful, because it directly addresses your specific concern:

    "I work in the courts as an usher and recently supported a juror with autism through a trial they had been selected for. They hadn't mentioned it on the form you are given that covers both loss of earnings and any health issues that may affect you during jury service, I only found out when they disclosed it to me after having a panic attack.

    So my top tip would be to always mention it on that form, to the jury manager and to the usher who is assisting on the trial once you've been selected. Your well-being throughout your service is our priority :) I recognise that the justice system as it currently stands is not totally accessible for all but HMCTS are bringing out new resources soon that will go to all courts in England and Wales to help staff to better support service users with autism, and where I'm based the team are working hard to implement procedures as soon as we can!"

    From: https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/7928/jury-duty

    If you like, you could also search for other past discussions on jury duty via the forum's search tool.

    I hope this is helpful! :) 

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