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28 Apr 2023
Q&A

Charles K

What changes are needed to support more people who want to get into and progress in work?

Nervous. For me to get back into work, I probably need some adaptation so I can be allowed when I can't stand for too long. So ideally I'd need to go back into sort of retail, check out assistant, something along them lines. Although I was a shop manager on the weekends, which I'd like to not quite management going, but supervisor more than just the bottom of the chain. I'd like to go back in a bit higher up. But for me, changes or adaptations would be because of my osteoarthritis in my knees. I would need a supportive chair, obviously one that's a bit comfortable. And also I've got bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. So unfortunately I would need some possible adaptations with a keyboard or something. If I was on a keyboard or at tills or whatever, the new electronic ones. If I was to be leaning in my wrist on a table or something, I would need one of them little round gel things to take the pressure off my wrist. I'm also neuro divergent. I'm ADHD with lots of traits of undiagnosed autism. So now and again, if I get too overwhelmed, I would need somewhere just to have a bit of space and quiet time. Also, because of my ADHD, I can say the wrong things at the wrong moment. So I would need an understanding team or crew around me that would just understand my quirkiness and not take offense if I accidentally said the wrong thing.

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Changing Realities (2023), Charles K. https://changingrealities.org/e/WGm8B (28 Apr 2023)
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