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New Employer - best way to disclose ASD diagnosis

AspieJimmy

I posted before regarding a similar issue. I unfortunately got fired from my last job due to some communication difficulties. This employer did not know I had ASD.

I have just landed a new job that's very similar to my old one. I am wondering the best way to disclose my diagnosis to my employer and when to do it. This is so my new employer understands what I don't find easy. I think its safer to be honest about it all than hide it in case I make similar errors in my last job.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

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  • It is a matter for each individual.

    AspieJimmy was asking about disclosure to an emplyer so the employer understands his difficulties from the start.

    The trouble is what are these difficulties? Even after several successive jobs it may be quite hard to set down a clear perspective, not least because what you perceive went wrong may not have been the main issues for employers.

    We probably perceive communication as uppermost because it is often how it most affects us. But one problem of autism is being unaware of how it affects others.

    My advice would be to look through the Triad and adapt it, rather than just hand it to the employer. Because an employer may take it too literally and give advice to work colleagues that is rather stilted and likely to create more problems than it solves.

    However the Triad is mainly about communication. I do not feel that reaches the heart of the matter. Hence I outlined for areas I think are important - there could be others - fitting in, spikey profile, sensory and organisational issues.

    Also the Triad was devised as a diagnostic tool. I really find it incomprehensible that it is so liberally used as a blueprint of everyday life on the spectrum. I do feel very strongly that just handing employers the Triad is misleading.

    Recombinantsocks you are only viewing it from your own perspective, and others could have entirely different situations. Also just patching things up isn't getting to the root of the employment problem.

    I a merely asking that there is proper research.

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  • It is a matter for each individual.

    AspieJimmy was asking about disclosure to an emplyer so the employer understands his difficulties from the start.

    The trouble is what are these difficulties? Even after several successive jobs it may be quite hard to set down a clear perspective, not least because what you perceive went wrong may not have been the main issues for employers.

    We probably perceive communication as uppermost because it is often how it most affects us. But one problem of autism is being unaware of how it affects others.

    My advice would be to look through the Triad and adapt it, rather than just hand it to the employer. Because an employer may take it too literally and give advice to work colleagues that is rather stilted and likely to create more problems than it solves.

    However the Triad is mainly about communication. I do not feel that reaches the heart of the matter. Hence I outlined for areas I think are important - there could be others - fitting in, spikey profile, sensory and organisational issues.

    Also the Triad was devised as a diagnostic tool. I really find it incomprehensible that it is so liberally used as a blueprint of everyday life on the spectrum. I do feel very strongly that just handing employers the Triad is misleading.

    Recombinantsocks you are only viewing it from your own perspective, and others could have entirely different situations. Also just patching things up isn't getting to the root of the employment problem.

    I a merely asking that there is proper research.

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