Hi there,
I was diagnosed with Aspergers a couple of months back - which certainly explained a lot to me & came as a relief too.
I have always had difficulty with working & never been in each job I've had for more than a year.
My trouble with work has always been getting on with other employees, or in the case of when I was self employed, clients!
This has mostly been other people upsetting me, to the point I have a bit of a melt down & leave. It's also less frequently been my direct behaviour - an example being me going into a colleague's drawer to use their hand sanitiser & not realising that broke social etiquette and was upsetting to her, getting reprimanded by the boss & feeling ostracised
I want to go back to work - and need the income of an average UK salary, but I'm very fearful of doing anything but low paid, simple jobs, like working in a cinema (I'm a big film fan :) )
My actual field of work for which I'm qualified is financial services, doing research & planning for financial advisers. Although I haven't worked at all now for 2 years after a huge melt down in my last job, which turned my life upside down.
I therefore wondered what protection there was in employment law for those of us with Aspergers, what it provides & how to disclose having Aspergers to an employer & how that's gone for you guys.
I feel now my social awkwardness can be explained, if I have legal protection from unfair treatment, I'd go back to a demanding job
Thanks a lot :)
