Ok, so I have support for aspergers / OCD which would be a very short session about 30 minutes as I requested. The reason for this? Well because I have to use the support in my lunch hour at work. This is the problem with some of the support services for people with autism, what about people with autism like me who work from 9am to 5pm? Their support services only run 9am to 5pm so how the hell do people who are in full time employement with autism have time to go to these 1 hour sessions?
The person did tell me to discuss the times off with my manager / supervisor at work but there is no way I would do that. Work is very important to me and I give it my full 100% everyday because I am so happy I achieved and got this apprenticeship and am starting somewhere in life and doing what I really want to to to progress and improve in the future. And by being there, I feel that people in the company care for me and they are giving me the chance and adjusting the working methods to suit my needs to be able to allow me to perform at my very best! That is what the support service doesn't understand and which I would need to explain this to them when I have my appointment. My anxiety would also be effected if I had time off just for the appointment because of the negative thoughts that I could feel likefor example I fear the company that I work for may not want me anymore because I take too much time off for all these support sessions for my disability. I just don't want to go to sessions which effects my responisibilty for doing my jobs that I am responsible for getting done everyday because other people who work in the company would end up doing my jobs for me while I go to support sessions and this makes me feel really guilty.
Is there are support areas local in Ipswich town centre that can actually be able to remain open after 5pm so people in full time employment actually have a chance for 1 hour sessions?
