I'm Mum to a 19 year old, who we know has issues. He has never had a 'formal diagnosis' but has had interventions from various school support and treated as if he had aspergers whilst in school. We had asked for support in college but never got it and he struggled through.
He started a f-t apprenticeship but has recently been dismissed [after only 6 weeks] as he just couldn't get himself in for their start time, so ended up very behind on hours. Despite their best endeavours, he couldn't manage to get in on time and has now been fired. To be fair, he did not disclose that he had Aspergers as we naievly believed he was OK and had 'grown out of it' so didn't advise him to disclose. He doesn't seem to fully comprehend what has happened.
Without going into the legalities, has anyone experienced this and how do we manage it going forward? We will be pursuing a formal diagnosis as we think it could help him but he really wants his job back as he enjoyed it and was perfectly capable of doing the job.
