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Work and reasonable adjustments

Lissy02

Hi all, 

I was diagnosed in April this year and I’m in my early 20s, I work in a healthcare setting and let my manager know about my diagnosis. I brought up some reasonable adjustments but was told it’s practically impossible in my line of work, I was sent a link from HR yesterday after they were finally told about my condition 6 months later for mental health at work support. Again I mentioned my reasonable adjustments in the medical questionare submitted to HR but still nothing has been suggested. I’m struggling at work but nobody seems to want to help, the programme they sent me the link to doesn’t handle neurodiverse individuals. Am I being dramatic? And Where do I go from here? 

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  • Hi and welcome to the community.

    I'm sorry to hear that you employer has been so unreceptive. As you've already requested adjustments twice, and had your requests declined or ignored, I thought it might be helpful if I flagged this specific section from an NAS article:

    "What can I do if reasonable adjustments are denied?

    If you have requested reasonable adjustments (during a recruitment process or in employment; or from the provider of a service such as an internship programme or apprenticeship), and they have not, or have only partially been put in place, you can raise the issue with the employer or service provider.

    The government-funded but independent Advisory, conciliation and arbitration service (ACAS) suggest that raising an issue informally can help to resolve it more quickly and maintain positive relationships at work.

    Raising the issue informally could mean:

    - having an informal chat or a planned meeting with your line manager and/or other relevant managers and/or someone from HR
    - sending an informal email or letter about the issue to those people (you could use the template letter we have drafted below).

    If this does not work, you can raise the issue in a more formal way, such as through a formal grievance process. Visit our page What to do if I’m having trouble at work? for more information about this."

    NAS - What are reasonable adjustments and when can they be requested? > What can I do if reasonable adjustments are denied?

       has already kindly shared an ACAS link with you, below.

    Lissy02 said:
    the programme they sent me the link to doesn’t handle neurodiverse individuals

    Just to clarify, here’s some information on the language around autism, which I hope is helpful - it explains, for example, how individuals can't be neurodiverse:

    "It is common for words related to neurodiversity to be misused. For example, people might say ‘Autistic people are neurodiverse’ when they mean ‘Autistic people are neurodivergent’.

    Examples of accurate phrases include:

    Humans are neurodiverse.
    Autistic people are neurodivergent.
    Autism is a form of neurodivergence."

    NAS - Autism and neurodiversity

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  • Hi and welcome to the community.

    I'm sorry to hear that you employer has been so unreceptive. As you've already requested adjustments twice, and had your requests declined or ignored, I thought it might be helpful if I flagged this specific section from an NAS article:

    "What can I do if reasonable adjustments are denied?

    If you have requested reasonable adjustments (during a recruitment process or in employment; or from the provider of a service such as an internship programme or apprenticeship), and they have not, or have only partially been put in place, you can raise the issue with the employer or service provider.

    The government-funded but independent Advisory, conciliation and arbitration service (ACAS) suggest that raising an issue informally can help to resolve it more quickly and maintain positive relationships at work.

    Raising the issue informally could mean:

    - having an informal chat or a planned meeting with your line manager and/or other relevant managers and/or someone from HR
    - sending an informal email or letter about the issue to those people (you could use the template letter we have drafted below).

    If this does not work, you can raise the issue in a more formal way, such as through a formal grievance process. Visit our page What to do if I’m having trouble at work? for more information about this."

    NAS - What are reasonable adjustments and when can they be requested? > What can I do if reasonable adjustments are denied?

       has already kindly shared an ACAS link with you, below.

    Lissy02 said:
    the programme they sent me the link to doesn’t handle neurodiverse individuals

    Just to clarify, here’s some information on the language around autism, which I hope is helpful - it explains, for example, how individuals can't be neurodiverse:

    "It is common for words related to neurodiversity to be misused. For example, people might say ‘Autistic people are neurodiverse’ when they mean ‘Autistic people are neurodivergent’.

    Examples of accurate phrases include:

    Humans are neurodiverse.
    Autistic people are neurodivergent.
    Autism is a form of neurodivergence."

    NAS - Autism and neurodiversity

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