Sharing ASD diagnosis with your employer

Hi, it’s hard to advise. I shared my suspected diagnosis (I don’t even have the official one) I did it only because my manager was concerned about my issues with communication and sensory overload. I explained to him with my own words why I have problems with social chit-chat, why I have bad reactions to noise and that I struggle to recognize signals from my own body such as hunger, which is important here because I often get weak out of hunger because I don’t recognize it on time. He understood and does not make any problems for me, I’m allowed to wear earplugs and I don’t have to socialize as much as others do. In fact I’m not the only ND person in our team, my strengths compensate weaknesses of other colleague. It’s very important to have supportive team and management. My company says that they are open for people with disabilities, which I saw is actually true, but sometimes it’s just written to look good, but the reality is different. 

Hi, it’s hard to advise. I shared my suspected diagnosis (I don’t even have the official one) I did it only because my manager was concerned about my issues with communication and sensory overload. I explained to him with my own words why I have problems with social chit-chat, why I have bad reactions to noise and that I struggle to recognize signals from my own body such as hunger, which is important here because I often get weak out of hunger because I don’t recognize it on time. He understood and does not make any problems for me, I’m allowed to wear earplugs and I don’t have to socialize as much as others do. In fact I’m not the only ND person in our team, my strengths compensate weaknesses of other colleague. It’s very important to have supportive team and management. My company says that they are open for people with disabilities, which I saw is actually true, but sometimes it’s just written to look good, but the reality is different.