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Hi,

Is there a Human Rights Commission? Or its equivalent? I am wondering as they can assess your case and if they take it up, maybe they will pick up your legal fees as well.

I agree with the logic regarding apologizing and your legal position - and I think I am in equally good company to agree your intentions were genuine and kind. You deserve dignity, respect, and kindness in turn.

LM

And you all (at least some people) wonder why I refuse to disclose anything about my AS...

Hi Aspigirlus,

So this is a UK employer who told you to resign "immediately". Isn't this dismissal?

Not sure what the differences are between permanent employee and contractor, we have both where I work.

However the Equality Act 2010 would almost certainly apply in both cases, I would have thought. The relevant body is the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Aspergers qualifies as a disability, so you would have protection because of a disability.

http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/about-us/vision-and-mission/our-business-plan/disability-equality/

National Autistic Society do have an employment support service called Prospects.

If you are in employment, as a person with a disability, you are entitled to a Workplace Assessment (through Job Centre Plus). This should then lead to documented agreed reasonable adjustments which the employer must implement.

Failure to implement reasonable adjustments is a breach of the Equality Act 2010.

It is not sufficient ...

Barnabear, that is an amazing post. Gives me some hope and motivation to do something! Thanks again everyone. I guess we DO need to exert ourselves to get ourselves understood - otherwise we are guilty in a way for letting these kinds of situations perpetuate themselves. My sitting by and doing nothing won't help the next aspie who finds herself/himself dealing with this person will it?

Hello.

I'm in no position to give advice because I am not in the UK and I don't know much about available help in such situations. I simply want to express my sympathy to the OP. Your boss is disgusting.

I don't think other people feeling nervous around you because they perceive you as odd or whatever justifies your forced resignation unless you have actually verbally/physically abused someone or threatened someone. You actually didn't do anything wrong. It's even possible that others weren't feeling nervous, but the boss just wanted to exaggerate and said "others" were nervous instead of "she" was.

I'm certain my colleagues see me as odd and I'm making them nervous. But as far as I'm concerned, I'm doing my best to be nice, though I am myself extremely nervous around others, which probably makes me look odd. It's just a social communication barrier. It's frustrating, though there are a few who seem to understand my good intentions.

It's so true that we are naive and take others' words/actions at face value. I've made a fool of myself numerous times because of that. I became very cautious, but then again I get fooled. I never seem to learn my lesson.

Can I ask what is the specific service you provide to this employer and was there a contract set up to run for a set period of time?

By my understanding, you chose to resign as you weren't happy with what this woman said or did she say they didn't want you to work for their company any more after you informed her that you had Asperger's Syndrome?

I'm finding it hard to understand the sequence of events so more background information would be useful

I'm taking my employer to an employment tribunal as I got dismissed last week, so I know how upsetting this feeling of rejection,
seemingly on the basis of having Aspergers, can feel.

Even if you did make other people feel nervous that is not your fault.