Identifying what is and what isn't autism

My daughter has autism and my husband is borderline aspergers.  My query is to do with the difficulties my husband is having at work.

At various times throughout my husband's career he has been bullied (one did lead to over a year off work).  During that time he was assessed for autism and the conclusion was that he has some traits.  He started his current job about four years ago and this worked well until a new performance management system was introduced.  He was placed in the lowest category for two reasons, one of which was not noticing when someone wanted to move the conversation on to a new topic.  

His line managers are making an issue out of the communication difficulties and have refered him back to occupational health to determine which of the problems are due to autism and which aren't.  I feel this is a difficult task.  Has anybody tried to do this?

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Standing your ground may work in some situations for some people. My experience is that this may not help in less rational organisations where reason and evidence count for less than hierarchical power.

    The occupational health people should not be able to ignore the clear link between the communication difficulties and the autistic tendencies. What is the other issue that they are complaining about?

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Standing your ground may work in some situations for some people. My experience is that this may not help in less rational organisations where reason and evidence count for less than hierarchical power.

    The occupational health people should not be able to ignore the clear link between the communication difficulties and the autistic tendencies. What is the other issue that they are complaining about?

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