An employee with autism works accurately in data processing but becomes distressed after a move to an open-plan office with hot-desking and

Question

An employee with autism works accurately in data processing but becomes distressed after a move to an open-plan office with hot-desking and fluorescent lighting. Performance was good in a quiet fixed workstation. What reasonable adjustment should be recommended?

Accepted Answer

Provide a fixed quiet workstation and predictable communication arrangements

Answer

Require medical treatment before workplace changes

Answer

Move him to customer-facing work to improve social tolerance

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Apply normal hot-desking rules to maintain consistency

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Disclose his diagnosis to colleagues before adjustments

Autism at work — DOccMed MCQ

An employee with autism works accurately in data processing but becomes distressed after a move to an open-plan office with hot-desking and fluorescent lighting. Performance was good in a quiet fixed workstation. What reasonable adjustment should be recommended?