Re: Have you ever asked for accommodation at work for ADHD? What happened?

[Anonymous]

Somehow, I don’t think that my comments will serve much purpose except offer some degree of hope and faith that things will get better.

With my career in the military as a financial/administrative resource manager, attention to details and accuracy is paramount. In the past, since about 2003, I could not pull myself together sufficiently to be functional or efficient. I was written up, verbally reprimanded and put on probation more times than I can count.

It wasn’t until a year and half ago that a new supervisor came into town, who eventually noticed that I carried some very similar traits that both his daughter and nephew exhibited. Upon learning that my son was ADHD, he suggested that I get myself assessed and perhaps find some answers as to why I am the way I am. (I have really cut this story down in size, so that I do not bore you with meaningless details).

At the time upper management was looking at me and looking for ways to get me to ‘smarten up’ and to ‘give my head a shake’. Needless to say, once the diagnosis was made, all the heat that was once there was completely extinguished.

After that, everyone then had something concrete to say and to explain why I was the way I was! When they found out that I was seeing specialists for medication and a coach, they got behind me completely to accommodate me in order that might evolve into the best that I can be.

All in all, what I am saying is this. There are those who are willing to open their minds and hearts to see that we as ADHD’ers have some fantastic abilities despite our disabilities. That those who are unwilling to accommodate us or who are unwilling to be compassionate and supportive, are simply threatened by us and what we are capable of achieving. They are quick to judge, condemn and criticize and then dismiss us before they actually know what the real issues are.

In my heart and mind, those people who treat us with such disregard and disdain shall, sooner rather than later have their nastiness turned back upon them ten-fold. I have seen it, I have witnessed it and can say with certainty that their lives will be affected in the most negative fashion for their treatment of us. It always comes back to haunt them.

At any rate, things will surely work out for the better and in your best interests. It always seems to happen that way.

Distracted66

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