Wrongful Termination Becuase of My AS--Please Help!

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The ACLU likely won't help unless the problem is with you being a woman, a quadrapalegic, black or some other more politically correct minority. Discrimination is discrimination, but it is seldom viewed that way. The ACLU has done some great things, but they also discriminate unfairly at times just like everyone else.

If you end up following through with some kind of wrongful termination action against your former employer, I'd like to know what happens with that. It would be nice to see some justice come out of this.

Thanks, Dewclaw. I did call the ACLU, and they said my case wasn't large enough, or wouldn't affect enough people, for them to use their resources on it.

I just submitted my formal complaint to the National Archives' (where I worked) EEO office, so I'll report what happens with that, once I know.

Here is wishing you all the best Jen. I recently decided not to take legal action against an institution that I was a part of. There were special Singapore circumstances that led me to take that route. In my case, they knew that I was autistic but still decided to discriminate and abuse. Did your employer know of your condition before hiring you? Was your supervisor aware of your autism in the course of your work?

I know how it feels to try and engage a lawyer to fight the system. Despite all the Hollywood depictions of gutsy lawyers willing to represent the poor, that is far more fantasy than fact. It is very stressful to be in your position as the people you are up against can marshal vast resources (perhaps even an in-house legal team) and as you have intimated in your first post, they can find cause (one can always find cause). The “not a team player” thing is nebulous enough to include reasons such as not liking someone.

There are still few, if any, laws that protect Aspies. The problem with this condition is that it manifests itself as a behavioral quirk. And because we are otherwise “normal”, people find it very difficult to accept us. I hope that you will find a good a lawyer to represent you. But in case you do not, you are not alone in facing such social humiliation. The fraudulent voice recording is an awful prank and who ever did that ought to be brought to justice.

File a complaint with someone about the phone call prank if you haven't already. There's probably not much you can do about it, but it might be useful to have something on record. Count yourself blessed to no longer have to work around such unprincipled trash, and move on. Don't let her poison your own attitude.