P Gurgel-Segrillo

An autistic cinema manager who quit when his employer was unable to guarantee him two days off in a row following a months-long dispute over rostering arrangements has secured €12,000 in compensation for disability discrimination

The complainant's wife gave evidence that her husband's manager said she "did not consider autism a disability, but a 'superpower'"

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/1112/1480523-autistic-cinema-manager-wins-12-000-in-roster-row/

#Disability #WorkersRights #unionise #ASD #autistic #DisabledRights #autism #AntiDiscrimination #mastodaoine

Jun 7 at 6:38pmWeb
Show threadBaroness Winter3d ago
@GurgelSegrillo As an autistic person I don't know how to feel about this. We insist it isn't a disability, but then when there's money to be had we turn around and say it is? What am I supposed to be thinking, feeling or doing, here?
Show threadP Gurgel-Segrillo3d ago
@BaronessWinter it is a disability
Show threadP Gurgel-Segrillo3d ago
@BaronessWinter the issue is calling it a superpower to justify denying accomodations