How do I ask my job for autism accommodations?
When dealing with autistic burnout at work, figuring out what accommodations to request and knowing what is actually possible to ask for can feel overwhelming. This uncertainty causes people to constantly put off crucial meetings with administration to get the support they need.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Working with a therapist to figure out accommodations
- 2Putting off meetings with administration due to uncertainty about what to ask for
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I need to have the same meeting with my admin but keep putting it off for the same reason. I don’t know what to ask for or what is possible.”source ↗
“Can y’all share your experience with getting accommodations for your own autism in your job? I’m realizing I’m deep in autistic burnout after a decade and a half of teaching and am going to work with a therapist to figure out accommodations”source ↗
Where this came up
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