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NAS does it again

electra

I am applying for help through Access to Work. They have agreed that I can have a workplace assessment from the NAS.

So far so good, but the NAS leaflet I am supposed to give my employer talks about autism spectrum disorder. In huge letters. I'm autistic, I don't have a disorder. Even the government doesn't use the term in its Autism Strategy and our council doesn't use it either.

If I give this information to my employer it will further downgrade my abilties in their eyes. I will feel demeaned and compromised. I know the assessment will be done by someone who regards me as having a disorder.

 NAS, please stop doing this to us

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  • I agree with you Longman.

    If you have an Autistic Condition you are born with it, made like it and of course cannot be 'cured'.

    I have never understood or agreed with the concept of diagnosing someone with the condition only if they need help. After all, if you have e.g. permanent low blood pressure, but do not need treating because you are coping with the dizziness it causes, they are not going to declare that you do not have the low blood pressure just because you are coping. 

    When put in this context, with a different condition as an example, the whole concept around handing or not handing a diagnosis to an Autistic person, seems ludicrous. Coping does not mean that you magically have managed to change the structure and inbuilt operation of your brain. You'll still be autistic.

    On the recognition of the 'more able' people with ASC in reference to employment; We do seem to be 'piggies in the middle' i.e. between NT's and those that need more help.

    Unfortunately, it seems from what I am reading on these forums, (forgive me if I understand this incorrectly) that everyone, however able, is bunched together when looking for help in employment.
    This is bound to impact on us, as there is the strong possibility that we will be viewed as less able than we are. 

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  • I agree with you Longman.

    If you have an Autistic Condition you are born with it, made like it and of course cannot be 'cured'.

    I have never understood or agreed with the concept of diagnosing someone with the condition only if they need help. After all, if you have e.g. permanent low blood pressure, but do not need treating because you are coping with the dizziness it causes, they are not going to declare that you do not have the low blood pressure just because you are coping. 

    When put in this context, with a different condition as an example, the whole concept around handing or not handing a diagnosis to an Autistic person, seems ludicrous. Coping does not mean that you magically have managed to change the structure and inbuilt operation of your brain. You'll still be autistic.

    On the recognition of the 'more able' people with ASC in reference to employment; We do seem to be 'piggies in the middle' i.e. between NT's and those that need more help.

    Unfortunately, it seems from what I am reading on these forums, (forgive me if I understand this incorrectly) that everyone, however able, is bunched together when looking for help in employment.
    This is bound to impact on us, as there is the strong possibility that we will be viewed as less able than we are. 

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