Good Morning Folks
I am a male in my mid 4s and have a physical ‘disability’. The reason why I put the word disability in inverted commas is because the doctors have said it is not severe enough for me to be registered as disabled.
I am now in my late 40s and for the majority of my life I have coped well with these physical ‘disabilities’ – I can’t work straight (usually in a zig zag), closely resembling perhaps a drunk person trying to walk! On top of that, I have hand coordination problems although I don’t think that has affected my ability to do office work, which I have always done.
However, after being made redundant from my office job (we got taken over and the new owners decided to let go of some of the recent staff), about 6 years ago, I have not had a permanent job. I have done a few temporary contracts which have lasted a few weeks or months, but never offered a permanent job. I have various qualifications (I have a degree, I’m a certified bookkeeper, and I have an AAT qualification in accountancy).
Most of the problems arise from the fact that once I’m in a job and the staff realise that I have these ‘disabilities’, they have found excuses to get rid of me. This has happened to me on numerous occasions, and let’s face it, in the real working world, there is still discrimination against disabled individuals. Of course, it could be that indeed my work performance in each of my roles was not up to standard, and so rightly the employer had to let me go. However, this has happened on so many occasions, I am beginning to have my doubts. I am a hard working individual and put in extra effort in order to keep the employer happy and not give him/her any reason to terminate my contract.
Do you think I am just being paranoid? And if you were in my situation, how would you go about dealing with the problem?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
I am a male in my mid 4s and have a physical ‘disability’. The reason why I put the word disability in inverted commas is because the doctors have said it is not severe enough for me to be registered as disabled.
I am now in my late 40s and for the majority of my life I have coped well with these physical ‘disabilities’ – I can’t work straight (usually in a zig zag), closely resembling perhaps a drunk person trying to walk! On top of that, I have hand coordination problems although I don’t think that has affected my ability to do office work, which I have always done.
However, after being made redundant from my office job (we got taken over and the new owners decided to let go of some of the recent staff), about 6 years ago, I have not had a permanent job. I have done a few temporary contracts which have lasted a few weeks or months, but never offered a permanent job. I have various qualifications (I have a degree, I’m a certified bookkeeper, and I have an AAT qualification in accountancy).
Most of the problems arise from the fact that once I’m in a job and the staff realise that I have these ‘disabilities’, they have found excuses to get rid of me. This has happened to me on numerous occasions, and let’s face it, in the real working world, there is still discrimination against disabled individuals. Of course, it could be that indeed my work performance in each of my roles was not up to standard, and so rightly the employer had to let me go. However, this has happened on so many occasions, I am beginning to have my doubts. I am a hard working individual and put in extra effort in order to keep the employer happy and not give him/her any reason to terminate my contract.
Do you think I am just being paranoid? And if you were in my situation, how would you go about dealing with the problem?
Thanks in advance for your responses.