Timeline for How can an employer better accommodate workers on the autism-spectrum to reduce absence from work?
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| Dec 3, 2019 at 14:00 | comment | added | SZCZERZO KŁY | @fr13d That's the thing. You propose (as a company) to buy everyone a set. Then people start complaining like you, or having their personal preferences in padding etc. Then company realise "You know what? We stopped caring. If you want/need one just buy one yourself". At the end you arrive at the "suprising" solution that open space is just bad place to work for anyone and it's better to make smaller, quieter rooms for 3-4 people. Or to set few noise-cancelling phoning booths where anyone can work in peace. | |
| Dec 3, 2019 at 13:27 | comment | added | frIT | I disagree that noise cancelling headphones are a good solution. Blocking ears from natural ventilation for extended periods can cause health issues like ear infections. I have yet to find a device that does not cause me discomfort or pain after a while, prolonged wearing tends to show out pressure sensitive points one didn't know one had. I'm NT (as far as I know) and my experience would make me very opposed to foster such a solution on anyone, NT or autistic, or have it fostered on my. | |
| Dec 3, 2019 at 10:54 | comment | added | SZCZERZO KŁY | @ObscureOwl I agree but this is, for me, more of a question "how to make my workplace better". In general. I think there are two fields, "benefit everyone" "benefit so small amount of people that it's not financially responsible toward all other employees". For example wheelchair ramp can be used by couriers by a wheelchair elevator where you need to call in operator is overshot. | |
| Dec 3, 2019 at 9:52 | comment | added | ObscureOwl | Agree, both to not single out people on the autism spectrum, but also and especially because many of the answers given to this question would be beneficial to all employees. | |
| Dec 2, 2019 at 17:26 | comment | added | GittingGud | I've never said that those measures are only done for employees on the spectrum. The meditation room is a meditation room so people can relax in it. I don't propose a "silent room for autistic people", as this would exclude those colleagues from the rest instead of integrating them better into the company which is the goal. And one approach to improve the workplace for everyone is to look into the individual needs of individual employees and investigate if those could be implemented to improve the general work place. | |
| Dec 2, 2019 at 16:37 | history | answered | SZCZERZO KŁY | CC BY-SA 4.0 |