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In the process of being diagnosed

MindfulMatt

Hi,

I'm 32 years old and I've always had issues with anxiety and depression, it's lead to me alienating the small amount of friends I had and lead to so much chaos in my brain, in the last few weeks I have been learning more and more about autism, I spoke with my mother about this and she agreed, I've had a preliminary assessment and am currently awaiting my full assessment in the next few weeks, I strongly feel that I'll be diagnosed, so I was wondering, can you make reasonable adjustment requests in work without a diagnosis? I'm really struggling at the moment but this could be a long term job that really suits me and I don't want to blow it while waiting for my assessment, thanks 

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  • You don't have to be autistic to ask your manager for something. They are there to get the best out of people. They don't like to make special cases though, as it causes issues if other people can't have the same, but if it no big deal they might say yes.

    If you have a diagnosis you might have more likelihood of being successful, as it is a bit harder to say no.

    You could try anyway. What do you have up lose? As long as it's reasonable.

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  • You don't have to be autistic to ask your manager for something. They are there to get the best out of people. They don't like to make special cases though, as it causes issues if other people can't have the same, but if it no big deal they might say yes.

    If you have a diagnosis you might have more likelihood of being successful, as it is a bit harder to say no.

    You could try anyway. What do you have up lose? As long as it's reasonable.

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