kraftiekortie wrote:
You did the right thing.
Most employers are not exactly enlightened when it comes to autism.
I've been on my job 40 years, and I have civil service protections----yet will not disclose my autism.
On the previous job I was fired, partly for being autistic, but I did my job well. Fired despite of doing my job well, was strange for me, but that did really happen. On my current job, it was a reason to not let me grow. "Someone on the spectrum won't "grow"," they think. It is about what they think, not what the reality is. I don't get more experienced.
An executive secretary job would be too hard for me, but I don't know how I will handle things. They don't know either, they just assume and therefore they think I am not suited for that. Although... I know people on the spectrum that are also executive secretaries. I know I would have to able to switch between tasks, and get interruptions, but I don't know whether I will handle that well. They don't know either, because they never really tried. They don't want to try, because they think it is not a good idea. But... too little stress gives... too much stress!
Now - and that is a good thing - they finally think of a career development or support to that. Then I will get somewhere.