What do you all do for a job

This is an interesting question. I've been on an equality forum and other committees with police representation and on the whole found them very constructive. But I think the reality is that, however hard some police try to be tolerant and open to difference, there is a hard core that thinks difference is funny, subvertive,abnormal etc. There are stilll police (I know I've looked into it) who seriously think having shifty eyes is proof of criminal intent.

So I would imagine working in the police force with AS symptoms and no diagnosis as a means to explain it, pretty hard work. OK I know it is fiction but I watched "The last detective" where it was made very obvious that because he was a little different, ridicule, name-calling and bad treatment were considered OK. As a representation of the police nothing seems to have changed since "The Chinese Detective" which really showed police racist bigotry in the workplace for what it is.

But that said pretty well everywhere difference isn't treated with dignity. I worked in both industry and academia and had a tough time (often because my face and manner didn't look right). About ten years ago a survey was carried out of Scottish university staff, and appalling levels of abuse of the disabled were revealed, far worse than any other workplace.

You should have a staff representative dealing with discrimination and hate crime. Make interested enquiries about disability discrimination and how effectively this is being monitored in your particular nick. Sometimes just taking an interest in equality issues in general is enough to make people stop and think.

This is an interesting question. I've been on an equality forum and other committees with police representation and on the whole found them very constructive. But I think the reality is that, however hard some police try to be tolerant and open to difference, there is a hard core that thinks difference is funny, subvertive,abnormal etc. There are stilll police (I know I've looked into it) who seriously think having shifty eyes is proof of criminal intent.

So I would imagine working in the police force with AS symptoms and no diagnosis as a means to explain it, pretty hard work. OK I know it is fiction but I watched "The last detective" where it was made very obvious that because he was a little different, ridicule, name-calling and bad treatment were considered OK. As a representation of the police nothing seems to have changed since "The Chinese Detective" which really showed police racist bigotry in the workplace for what it is.

But that said pretty well everywhere difference isn't treated with dignity. I worked in both industry and academia and had a tough time (often because my face and manner didn't look right). About ten years ago a survey was carried out of Scottish university staff, and appalling levels of abuse of the disabled were revealed, far worse than any other workplace.

You should have a staff representative dealing with discrimination and hate crime. Make interested enquiries about disability discrimination and how effectively this is being monitored in your particular nick. Sometimes just taking an interest in equality issues in general is enough to make people stop and think.