Published on 12, July, 2020
The job centre have now referred me to the government RESTART scheme, run by a private company called Maximus.
Yesterday I had my induction, phone appointment. As part of this induction they asked about my health and disabilities and the women on the line often repeated what I said, to double check the accuracy. I mentioned autism, she repeated, ' you suffer from the mental illness autism.'
Another update.
I am really having to go in person to the job centre weekly and explain what I'm doing to find work, although all the information is written down in my online work journal and is accessible to my universal credit workcoach.
At my last meeting, yesterday, he made it clear that my next meeting is the next available slot.
Possible reasons for this concentrated harassment are:
The end result is that I'm getting more tired and more and more suicidal.
Robert, why have you not asked to see a Disability Employment Advisor at the job centre? You shouldn't be looking for work if you are not mentally or physically well. Do you have a formal diagnosis of ASD, if so, you can ring them and tell them that you cannot attend the JC anymore and they need to make alternative contact arrangements. They have to make reasonable adjustments for you if you are autistic. And the most common one is to conduct appointments over the phone or virtually. You can ask for a Work Capability Assessment too.