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Are the any legal restrictions for autistic people, other than not being able to join the army?

Dara

Can anyone help with this, please? By getting a diagnosis, am I opening myself up to having less legal rights? I know I won't be able to join the army, but are there any other things that I won't be allowed to do, or where someone in authority can assume I don't have the capacity to make my own decisions? 

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  • in reply to Dara
    Dara said:
    That's strange how they wanted to know things like that. 

    Asking about how people got on in life and with teachers at school involves finding out about how much the candidate respects and complies with authority ~ which is a fundamental requirement in the military. 

  • in reply to Caelus

    That's strange how they wanted to know things like that. 

  • in reply to Dara

    dont tell them your diagnosis.... from what i gather the only way for autistic person to get in the army is to actually not tell them and try pass off as normal and undetected. if you tell they can legally reject you, they have a exception to be allowed to discriminate on disabilities or mental health issues. the only way around that is to simply not tell them.... although if you got diagnosed officially then it will probs be on your health record and thus they may see it... but perhaps by the stage of health checks maybe they will give you a go given the health checks i think are passed the interview stage and so on. its the interview stage they rejected me at. not even a proper interview more like a prying into your life and even asking how you got on with teachers in high school which is rather unfair as the teachers in my high school didnt even try to teach and had no professionalism at all so ofcourse i didnt get along with them lol

  • in reply to Dara

    I've found it useful on medical side - I have certain quirks when they do things to me and it allows my wife to be present even if they are playing covid games.

    As for the workplace, you need to get the feel of the place and the people before you disclose - some places are better than others - especially civil service or local authority / NHS / Schools etc.  

    Private industry is all about the bottom line and risk - they are sometimes less welcoming to people with additional needs.

  • in reply to Plastic

    Thanks, I can imagine that being the case and I will think twice about when to disclose. I just wonder if there are any instances where having 'autistic' on my medical record will be a bad thing. I don't want to join the army, but if I did want to I would've wished I hadn't been diagnosed.