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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 informed line manager and HR.

    HR said several months ago - when I raised the ticket someone would be in touch - but I never heard.  That said I'm OK if they don't, I just wanted it noted on my file.

    My line manager has been good so far and has made some adjustments in how we work.  I think more may be needed in future as I figure them out.

    We have an ND group within the company (i need to find out more)  and they've produced a Manager guide for dealing with ND employees.  I may use that as a basis, obviously we are all different so a standard list is just a guide.

    A recent online event explained the challenges but also the strengths of different ND conditions.  I felt it was overall very positive presentation, and was proud of this being done by my company.

    As far as colleagues/client contacts I've not disclosed to them.  I work from home predominately and so engagement is mainly emails, IM chats and web call, with office visits only every 1 or 2 months.  I tend to stay away from any social events too (no surprise).

    As others said - I think it would depend on your company. I imagine it would have been very different with some of my past employers.  Although that said they were some time ago.

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  • I have informed line manager and HR.

    HR said several months ago - when I raised the ticket someone would be in touch - but I never heard.  That said I'm OK if they don't, I just wanted it noted on my file.

    My line manager has been good so far and has made some adjustments in how we work.  I think more may be needed in future as I figure them out.

    We have an ND group within the company (i need to find out more)  and they've produced a Manager guide for dealing with ND employees.  I may use that as a basis, obviously we are all different so a standard list is just a guide.

    A recent online event explained the challenges but also the strengths of different ND conditions.  I felt it was overall very positive presentation, and was proud of this being done by my company.

    As far as colleagues/client contacts I've not disclosed to them.  I work from home predominately and so engagement is mainly emails, IM chats and web call, with office visits only every 1 or 2 months.  I tend to stay away from any social events too (no surprise).

    As others said - I think it would depend on your company. I imagine it would have been very different with some of my past employers.  Although that said they were some time ago.

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