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Employee with autism - what are my rights?

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I have been working with the same company for years. I have been told today that even though I am capable of doing my work well, I was told I cannot get the promotion I wanted. This is due to my "disability" and problems with communication. I work in a busy office and am very straight forward and this tends to annoy people. I am sad because I work harder so they cannot use my autism as an excuse. I am very good with my job and have been told multiple times that I do a really good job. I am sad because it feels like I will never get promoted. I am autistic and will definitely have the condition for the rest of my life. Saying to me that I cannot get the promotion because I have issues with communication due to my autism means that I will never get promoted.

That's it. It is sad.

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  • Aspergerix

    I am already doing the work that the current senior person cannot do. It was my manager that asked me to apply for the promotion. Both my manager and his manager acknowledge that the application is with merit and they have told me I am very good at what I do. The perceived problem is speculative. There is no definition. Also, two people who sit in the panel dislike me very much due to me questioning their decisions that caused major outages at work. 

    I understand the point. A person born with one leg will be rejected for a job that involves running on both legs. If they get the support like a prosthetic leg, they may qualify for it. I know my qualification and so does my manager and his manager. I am very good technically. My work involves engineering, maths, and computers. There is no question on whether I can do the job. There was no clear definition of what the issue is. I was just told that the autism worries the senior staff as well as HR.

    I am against all forms of iniquity. If I have to make an enemy to fight for what is right, I will have no qualms about it. Autism is the reason I have worked very hard to succeed. I am not going to let the ignorance, biases and predjudices of autism by other people hinder me from achieving my goal. I am appealing.

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  • Aspergerix

    I am already doing the work that the current senior person cannot do. It was my manager that asked me to apply for the promotion. Both my manager and his manager acknowledge that the application is with merit and they have told me I am very good at what I do. The perceived problem is speculative. There is no definition. Also, two people who sit in the panel dislike me very much due to me questioning their decisions that caused major outages at work. 

    I understand the point. A person born with one leg will be rejected for a job that involves running on both legs. If they get the support like a prosthetic leg, they may qualify for it. I know my qualification and so does my manager and his manager. I am very good technically. My work involves engineering, maths, and computers. There is no question on whether I can do the job. There was no clear definition of what the issue is. I was just told that the autism worries the senior staff as well as HR.

    I am against all forms of iniquity. If I have to make an enemy to fight for what is right, I will have no qualms about it. Autism is the reason I have worked very hard to succeed. I am not going to let the ignorance, biases and predjudices of autism by other people hinder me from achieving my goal. I am appealing.

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