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Sharing ASD diagnosis with your employer

Kenny_1622

I had my ASD diagnosis on 17/4/25 and im wondering weather to share it with my employer. My employer and most of the people i work with are supportive so it's making me think I should share 

Has anyone shared your ASD diagnosis with your employer, if so what were your experiences.

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  • I have shared with 2 employers. 1 was not that understanding and made a lot of brush off comments. My current one has been very supportive and is happy to make accomodations for me. This makes it hard to advise because I know there can be very different outcomes.

    I think you absolutely should be able to share it and should benefit from sharing it but I'm wary of giving you that advice because I don't know your employer and I wouldn't want to give advice that couple backfire on you. But as you've said they're generally supportive, I see no reason that they shouldn't respond well and so I'd be pro sharing. You have to be comfortable with doing so though.

    Some people do not disclose for fear of a negative outcome which I totally understand. But based on my previous experience, I would actually now always disclose my AuDHD as I wouldn't want to work for someone that wasn't accepting and supportive. Although that experience was really unpleasant at the time, it made me take the steps needed to find somewhere better.

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  • I have shared with 2 employers. 1 was not that understanding and made a lot of brush off comments. My current one has been very supportive and is happy to make accomodations for me. This makes it hard to advise because I know there can be very different outcomes.

    I think you absolutely should be able to share it and should benefit from sharing it but I'm wary of giving you that advice because I don't know your employer and I wouldn't want to give advice that couple backfire on you. But as you've said they're generally supportive, I see no reason that they shouldn't respond well and so I'd be pro sharing. You have to be comfortable with doing so though.

    Some people do not disclose for fear of a negative outcome which I totally understand. But based on my previous experience, I would actually now always disclose my AuDHD as I wouldn't want to work for someone that wasn't accepting and supportive. Although that experience was really unpleasant at the time, it made me take the steps needed to find somewhere better.

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