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Coping at Work

Homebird

Seeing other threads about work made me think about my situation. For many years I have been able to spend some of my time doing detailed work which really suits me, for some of the time. This helped me to cope with the busier times that involved a lot of contact and could be quite draining.

The thing I have found difficult over the years is, the longer I have been there, the more rapidly we have had to deal with change. We are gradually all being expected, it seems for financial reasons to do the same, rather than specialize. I think this is a pity as the autistic community has a lot to offer in relation to areas of expertise that others wouldn't have the same skills in. I enjoy spending time looking into things to find a solution, whereas others are better at speed.

I wonder if others have experiences where changes at work have created challenges.

  • Firstly you have to have an understanding boss. My employers organisation boasts of being disability confident employer. What a joke. I feel invalidated and my autism is being used as an excuse to get me out of the department. Good old NHS eh!

  • Is this something that you could discuss with your employer? Perhaps you could ask them to consider allowing you to focus on your preferred type(s) of work as a reasonable adjustment / workplace accommodation (under the Equality Act) in respect of you being autistic?

    This NHS article provides other examples of potential reasonable adjustments for the workplace, which you might also find helpful, depending on your needs:

    Reasonable Adjustments at Work for Autistic People

    The NAS also offers some advice for employees and employers, which you could perhaps refer them to in support of your case:

    NAS - Support at work - a guide for autistic adults

    NAS - Employing autistic people – a guide for employers

  • I've been in my current job 5 years and its just over a year since my diagnosis. In retrospect I look differently on the changes that took place in this and other work places, whether found them more stressful than I realised and how often a negative reaction was due to that. I don’t think I've dealt with a change as substantial as you're describing, if I've understood you correctly.