Legal Protections and Reasonable Adjustments

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Legal protections and reasonable adjustments

In the fifth video of the Embrace Autism series, Sean discusses legal protections, reasonable adjustments, and benefits.

The Embrace Autism series of videos aim to provide post diagnostic support (formal or self-identified) to autistic adults in Scotland.

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The Equality Act 2010 is the law that protects disabled people from discrimination.
Although some autistic people do not see being autistic as a disability, for the purpose of the equality act it can be classified as a life-long disability. Read more
You have a right to reasonable adjustments, although currently these can be hard to enforce and access universally.
Reasonable adjustments information. Read more
Depending on your situation, there are benefits and support you might be able to access.

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Below are examples of some of the supports that some autistic people can access:

Adult Disability Payment, Pension Age Disability Payment, Access to Work Grant, Employment and Support Allowance and Self Directed Support.
Adult Disability Payment and Self-Directed Support are not income based.
There are a range of organisations and websites that can help you to access these and to see if you are eligible. Find out more
Your local Citizens Advice Scotland for in person support: Benefits disabled people in ill health and Disability benefits help.
In some cases, you can ask your local council if you are able to get an assessment of care needs to get access to Self Directed Support (SDS).
Local organisations who can help you access self directed support can be found at Self Directed Support Scotlandre.

If you are an autistic adult living in Scotland, sign up to the Embrace Autism online groups by emailing EmbraceAutismScotland@nas.org.uk