Ableism in the workplace

eadalton02

hey,

just wondering what people do when they encounter this…

It’s like I have to spell everything out & I’m never taken seriously even at the most basic things and always the last thought of

it’s so tiresome but I don’t know many other autistics never mind disabled people that work to relate to or give me advice,

honestly, I’ll take anything it feels like they are just trying to turn me into the angry disabled person for bringing things up

Jimm_Scope

Hey @eadalton02, I think I already gave you an example on the hello thread of one of my own examples of this. From someone who even shared my condition.

It's difficult, it really can be, does your workplace have a HR department at all? You could request an occupational health review with them possibly. They should be able to suggest reasonable adjustments for you, which should then be shared with your manager to follow them.

Do you want to give some examples of what has happened? Maybe we could help give advice on specific examples while you also try the above if it is possible?

eadalton02

yeah that sounds good I’m going to ask for one of those when I have the chance when I’m next in 😊

I guess it’s also that I have 0 accommodations & also have to spell everything out to them so I’ll give this a shot but any examples of things I could ask for would be nice 😊

Jimm_Scope

What some places do is they have something called an 'adjustments passport' or something similar. It will basically be a document about what works best for you, and also things to avoid doing. It can save the time of having to tell each new person you deal with the same thing each time, and if it's something that has been discussed with your HR department they are more likely to take it far more seriously!

I'm not going to say it'll make everything perfect, but it's about getting as much in your own corner as possible.