Dyspraxia in the workplace is a personal decision and can depend on various factors, including the nature of your job, your workplace culture, and your comfort level.
How This Can Benefit Lives?
Tailored Accommodations:
Disclosure can lead to practical changes like ergonomic furniture, organised workspaces, or assistive technology to help manage coordination and motor skills challenges.
Support for Motor Skills Difficulties:
Accommodations such as voice-to-text software or modified input devices can assist with tasks requiring fine motor skills or coordination, reducing the impact of these challenges on your work.
Improved Communication:
By explaining how dyspraxia affects you, colleagues and managers can better understand any difficulties you might have with physical tasks, which fosters patience and support.
Enhanced Understanding of Work Challenges:
Colleagues and supervisors gain insight into specific difficulties like spatial awareness issues or difficulties with multitasking, fostering a more accommodating and supportive work environment.
Key Factors
Ensure the person you’re disclosing to is trustworthy and capable of maintaining confidentiality.
Choose the right time to disclose, consider the situation’s context.
Be clear, focus on the most important details to convey your message effectively.
Process For Disclosing
Determine if disclosing dyspraxia is needed for accommodations or support in your role.
Outline how dyspraxia affects your work and what specific accommodations or support you might need.
Decide whether to disclose during the hiring process or after you’ve settled into the role.
Speak with HR or a trusted manager who can assist with adjustments and ensure confidentiality.
Monitor the effectiveness of the accommodations and provide feedback to adjust support as needed.
The Super Power!
Disclosing personal information can lead to crucial support and understanding from others, helping you feel less isolated. It often provides access to necessary resources or accommodations and can strengthen relationships through increased trust and openness.