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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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  • not sure, i dont think they can really sanction you for it as they have to have some leeway that not every job is for everyone and forcing people into jobs they dont like against their will is most probably against anti-slavery laws and acts lol

    they tried to force me one time to do voluntary work, which again forcing you to work for free kinda sounds like slavery, i ditched the place they sent me to and they tried to make it sound like they could sanction me over it for the purpose of trying to strong arm and threat me into these things, but they couldnt. all they can do is threat and intimidate you with it, but they cant do it, because they are not allowed to do that to force you into anything as it breaks many slavery laws. but they will try to make out they can do all sorts, because the job center are thugs and usually resort to intimidation and threats and blackmail to try force you to do what they want.

  • in reply to Caelus

    Virtually all my experience was voluntary. It serves a purpose, but untimely we need a wage.

    The problem is that the system is rigged to reward dependence, and punish independence. Look up Modern Monetary Theory. Money printed willy-nilly to Jack up the defecit.

    Once the sale of the family home and land completes, I'll let go of my reapplication for PIP. It's too much effort, for too little reward.

  • in reply to Desmond79

    ah they hassle you on PIP as much as they do on job seekers then?

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