Accommodation and Compliance Series: Employees with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Speaking/Communicating:

Individuals with ASD may have difficulty communicating with co-workers or supervisors.

• Provide advance notice of topics to be discussed in meetings to help facilitate communication
• Provide advance notice of date of meeting when employee is required to speak to reduce or eliminate anxiety
• Allow employee to provide written response in lieu of verbal response
• Allow employee to have a friend or coworker attend meeting to reduce or eliminate the feeling of intimidation
• Allow employee to bring an advocate to performance reviews and disciplinary meetings