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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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    Hi Longman,

    I've thinking about what you have said and will try to paraphrase it to see if I have the right end of the stick.

    At the root of our situation is the triad of problems that result in diagnosis. Along side that, we have issues such as light and sound sensitivity etc. As a consequence of the triad and also maybe a consequence of the comorbid issues, we develop a range of idiosyncracies and behaviours, some benign and some malign. I think you are suggesting that the things that the world has to cope with when dealing with us are dominated by the secondary issues rather than the triad communication problems.

    Therefore, telling people about the triad doesn't really help very much as the actual day to day issues of managing someone with ASD result from their other more obvious behaviours.

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    Hi Longman,

    I've thinking about what you have said and will try to paraphrase it to see if I have the right end of the stick.

    At the root of our situation is the triad of problems that result in diagnosis. Along side that, we have issues such as light and sound sensitivity etc. As a consequence of the triad and also maybe a consequence of the comorbid issues, we develop a range of idiosyncracies and behaviours, some benign and some malign. I think you are suggesting that the things that the world has to cope with when dealing with us are dominated by the secondary issues rather than the triad communication problems.

    Therefore, telling people about the triad doesn't really help very much as the actual day to day issues of managing someone with ASD result from their other more obvious behaviours.

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