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Autism, Employment and Universal Credit

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Hi my name is Alan i i have just been diagnosed with level2 autism.

i have been unemployed since the beginning of the pandemic, and am on universal credit.

A job program forced me to take a job working from home for a call centre, and have been quickly overwhelmed by the job
and dread it. i want to leave the job, but am worried i will be sanction by universal credit for leaving a paid job.

i had the assessment back in October, and didn't receive the diagnosis until after i had taken the job.

my main question is will i be sanction or will they consider it justified because of this diagnosis and the way it triggers my autism?

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  • The chances are you would initially be seen as having deliberately made yourself unemployed, which means you'd have to wait the mandatory amount of time required before receiving any UC. However, there are ways around it. Go and speak to your GP (preferably one you get on with, and who knows you), and explain your situation to him. Make sure s/he realised that there's a tremendous mental pressure placed on you with the job you're in currently, mention depression and anything else that's really troubling you about it. Then ask for a fit note (used to be called a sick note) to cover you whilst you find more suitable employment. Once you've got a fit note you can leave your job and immediately apply, and receive, benefits. I've just been through something similar with my partner. The fit note is crucial.

    You *could* just leave and hope that they take a lenient view, which they might eventually, given the circumstances. But that will take time, possibly weeks, and in the meantime you'll have no money coming in. 

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  • The chances are you would initially be seen as having deliberately made yourself unemployed, which means you'd have to wait the mandatory amount of time required before receiving any UC. However, there are ways around it. Go and speak to your GP (preferably one you get on with, and who knows you), and explain your situation to him. Make sure s/he realised that there's a tremendous mental pressure placed on you with the job you're in currently, mention depression and anything else that's really troubling you about it. Then ask for a fit note (used to be called a sick note) to cover you whilst you find more suitable employment. Once you've got a fit note you can leave your job and immediately apply, and receive, benefits. I've just been through something similar with my partner. The fit note is crucial.

    You *could* just leave and hope that they take a lenient view, which they might eventually, given the circumstances. But that will take time, possibly weeks, and in the meantime you'll have no money coming in. 

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