BBC Article: ADHD has rewired the workplace. This is what it means for bosses and workers

For employers to start taking these needs seriously will take a fear of concrete risk, such as was shown here:

Eventually, he was awarded more than £45,000 when the judge found his former employer hadn't fully taken his ADHD diagnosis into account during the disciplinary process.

It however means that a lot more autistic and ADHD people will have to go through the emotional grinder that is the claims process, which few of us it seems are willing or able to do.

It was a good result and I hope we see many more of these as the judges / tribunals become slowly more aware of neurodiversity.

For employers to start taking these needs seriously will take a fear of concrete risk, such as was shown here:

Eventually, he was awarded more than £45,000 when the judge found his former employer hadn't fully taken his ADHD diagnosis into account during the disciplinary process.

It however means that a lot more autistic and ADHD people will have to go through the emotional grinder that is the claims process, which few of us it seems are willing or able to do.

It was a good result and I hope we see many more of these as the judges / tribunals become slowly more aware of neurodiversity.

That was my thought. Hopefully employers read at least some of the article and see the potential consequences in a way they understand (financial). Might have been better with a different headline though. Not clickbait but highlighting the impact.

The personal impact is by far the more important one IMO but there are too many stories of it being ignored.

I tried to go employment tribunal with my previous employers. Unfortunately it was seen as low chance of success as, out of respoect for what I thought was a good company, I told them I was going to be leaving well before the incident. So it was seen that the end result would have been the same regardless of what happened (me leaving). It annoys me though as the psychological damage of the ordeal still happened. I left them a lovely review on glassdoor though /s  and I will never again tell a company I will be leaving unless I have a job lined up and it is to the minimum notice period, regardless of what the company seems to be like. Lesson learned, the risk in telling an employer early is entirely on the employee, and it's not worth it.