'Mild' Asperger syndrome

People's reaction to having a diagnosis is very variable. A number of people are liberated by it and another set of people feel oppressed because of it. Your mileage may vary as they say. It partly depends on whose idea it is. At Oktanol says, it was not their idea so there was resistance. I, however, went to confirm my suspicions. I suspect that the rigidity of thought of someone with autism may have something to do with the reaction. If change is imposed on you then you may push back, if it was your idea however you will treat in in a different light altogether.

Medical records are confidential but you may be offered a job that depends on the employer having access. If you want to join the forces then you definitely wouldn't want it on your records but equally I think that you might want to think very hard about whether a job in the forces would suit someone with autism. There are exceptions to this and it is possible to enjpoy a career in the forces with autism but I suspect that most would find it a bad experience. An employer is not allowed to discriminate based on a diagnosis of autism but equally, similar to the forces issues, they may identify that you are unsuitable for a role because of your autism. They will have to ve very careful about this as they will be very wary of beiong seen to discriminate against an employee with autism. They are obliged to make reasonable adjustments but it is not possible to make an unsuitable job into a suitable job with reasonable adjustments.

People's reaction to having a diagnosis is very variable. A number of people are liberated by it and another set of people feel oppressed because of it. Your mileage may vary as they say. It partly depends on whose idea it is. At Oktanol says, it was not their idea so there was resistance. I, however, went to confirm my suspicions. I suspect that the rigidity of thought of someone with autism may have something to do with the reaction. If change is imposed on you then you may push back, if it was your idea however you will treat in in a different light altogether.

Medical records are confidential but you may be offered a job that depends on the employer having access. If you want to join the forces then you definitely wouldn't want it on your records but equally I think that you might want to think very hard about whether a job in the forces would suit someone with autism. There are exceptions to this and it is possible to enjpoy a career in the forces with autism but I suspect that most would find it a bad experience. An employer is not allowed to discriminate based on a diagnosis of autism but equally, similar to the forces issues, they may identify that you are unsuitable for a role because of your autism. They will have to ve very careful about this as they will be very wary of beiong seen to discriminate against an employee with autism. They are obliged to make reasonable adjustments but it is not possible to make an unsuitable job into a suitable job with reasonable adjustments.