Published on 12, July, 2020
I am trying to figure out if working through the diagnosis process is worth while. I am in my mid 40’s diagnosed as dyslexic when I was a child along with a bunch late development esp reading and writing and limited social capability. Recently my employer told me that I need to change how I interact with people as I was to direct and blunt. I took this badly. On the positive side I am a very good data analyst and can do tasks few other seam unable to grasp. I have taken and re taken the online questions, tired or awake or stressed or relaxed and each time it comes out with a score that tells me I should see a specialist, so should I speak to my doctor or just carry on ?
help or advice would be really good.
thanks
Do you work for the civil service? If so I strongly advise yes seek diagnosis.
Yes, public service tends to be quite supportive once identified in their employees.
maybe i just had a bad line manager then. They tend to emphasise tack and diplomacy over directness. My bluntness was constantly aggravating my line manager and his vagueness constantly confusing me.
academia has been a better employer to me so far. Even if getting in is very hard
Civil service is known for it
example. we had a program at work i expressed an interest in. he said it probably wasn't suitable for me but we'd discuss it at out next meeting. before then there was a q&a session to find out more about this program. I went and it turns out it wasn't a good fit for me. but he found out from his line manager that I'd been their and chewed me out for wasting time going. I believed we had agreed it wasn't a closed issue and we were keeping it under review so it made sense for me to go but as far as he was concerned it was a closed issue and I had no business being there.