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Autistic Teacher Accommodations

Marian

Hi,

Three weeks ago I received an Autism diagnosis at the age of 33. I have been teaching for 11 years. I love my job, especially as it’s a job with a steady routine, lots of scripts, and I get to talk about what I love all day (the kids are great too - much easier to talk to than other adults!) However, in recent years, there have been many times when it has also felt overwhelming.

Are there any other Autistic teachers out there and, if so, what accommodations have you found helpful? My Head has been very supportive and has recommended that I ask for some in the new year.

The things I find most stressful are emergency cover lessons, parents evenings, and days where I have no breaks due to extra duties etc.

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  • I am not a Teacher.  However, I often work in commercial roles where I need to deliver training to people beyond my Team (about our project / product / third party applications and the technical changes we are implementing which will alter the work processes of both other people and their interfacing teams).

    When I was looking around for suggestions for reasonable adjustments in support of educators / trainers; I found this document published (2024) by Thirdspace Scotland's National Autism Implementation Team (NAIT - a partnership based at Queen Margaret University), "Beyond Accommodations: Supporting Autistic
    Professionals in Education (Practice based guide for employers and employees)", which I found included some practical considerations (I found useful: "Appendix 3: Information on reasonable adjustments
    for a neurodivergent employee"):

    https://ndconnection.co.uk/resources/p/beyond-accommodations-supporting-autistic-professionals-in-education-practice-based-guide-for-employers-and-employees.

    I thought:

    - there were some items suggested which were things an Autistic professional could manage / implement by themselves (as part of Self Care),

    - with some education / advocacy; there were also things of which aware colleagues could be mindful and helpful, plus

    - some ideas where more considerate management procedures could be more supportive.

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  • I am not a Teacher.  However, I often work in commercial roles where I need to deliver training to people beyond my Team (about our project / product / third party applications and the technical changes we are implementing which will alter the work processes of both other people and their interfacing teams).

    When I was looking around for suggestions for reasonable adjustments in support of educators / trainers; I found this document published (2024) by Thirdspace Scotland's National Autism Implementation Team (NAIT - a partnership based at Queen Margaret University), "Beyond Accommodations: Supporting Autistic
    Professionals in Education (Practice based guide for employers and employees)", which I found included some practical considerations (I found useful: "Appendix 3: Information on reasonable adjustments
    for a neurodivergent employee"):

    https://ndconnection.co.uk/resources/p/beyond-accommodations-supporting-autistic-professionals-in-education-practice-based-guide-for-employers-and-employees.

    I thought:

    - there were some items suggested which were things an Autistic professional could manage / implement by themselves (as part of Self Care),

    - with some education / advocacy; there were also things of which aware colleagues could be mindful and helpful, plus

    - some ideas where more considerate management procedures could be more supportive.

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