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The Autistic Web Developer – “I was humiliated and then dismissed from my new job because I’m autistic”

2019-06-15
By: Caren Launus-Gamble
On: 15/06/2019
In: Autism, autism and employment, Equalities Act 2010, Interviews, Life changing, Mental Health, neurodiversity, neurodiversity in the workplace, Real-life stories, Yorkshire
With: 2 Comments

[Author’s comment: Some names have been changed for privacy reasons] “He put his head in his hands and said: ’For f ***’s sake! Callum. This is bad. This is BAD!’ Then he sat up and really stared at me. It just went through me. I started to feel all sick and dizzy. He complained: ‘We’ve lost half a day’s work here, and now I have to sort it out!’. By now, all the other developers in the room also stared at me.” I’m talking to Callum, an autistic web developer who’s got quite a story to tell. He’s recalling the events leading to his publicRead More →

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