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Hi Eve. Welcome! I have a boxer that we almost called Nala, but she is too silly for such a regal name, so we went with Leeloo instead. My wife and daughter are both gluten-free, so I’m very familiar with that struggle.
The Accommodation Nobody Approved
Formal accommodations go through a process. They get documented, approved, and occasionally ignored.
But most of us are running a second set of accommodations we built ourselves — the calendar block with a fake name on it, the specific chair, the headphones that mean “not now,” the meeting you always take walking.
What’s yours? The unofficial one that does more for your working life than anything HR ever signed off on.
Follow-up angles:
Has an unofficial one ever become official? What made that possible?
Which of yours would you defend in a room full of executives, and which would you quietly relocate?For anyone who’s managed people: did you ever notice someone’s workaround and just… let it be?
I’m currently watching all the American history documentaries on Netflix. Documentaries are how I relax, and I love to learn.
This is true for me. I find I think best when I’m doing something active, and processing thoughts verbally. I also find myself practicing important conversations with myself, where I am acting as both sides of the interaction. It might sound crazy, but it works.
EmbracingASD, I’m so sorry that happened to you! It’s sad to know that discrimination is still happening.
In my case, with this site being such a big part of my life, as well as being a great display of what I can do, I kind of have to disclose that I have ADHD. I really hope it’s not preventing me from getting interviews, but there isn’t any way to be sure.
