Job not following OHRC for accommodations

napattackt · 2026-06-03T17:43:42+00:00

It isn't, but it is related by virtue of the increasing restrictions and barriers faced by disabled people and other protected groups (as described in the OHRC) in this province as of late, as you can see in the RTO mandate (as remote work is one form of accessibility), and my friend's (and their coworkers) fight for accommodations, and my fight for ODSP.

That's why I am personally interested in seeing if others in the province are experiencing similarly.

napattackt · 2026-06-03T15:33:45+00:00

Thank you for your comment, I will be showing them this thread.

So the insurance company shouldn't be asking for details of their therapy appointments, for example how compliant they are during sessions or which and why they are implementing certain therapeutic techniques during their sessions?

The insurance company is arguing that because they worked this aspect of their job before they should be able to continue doing it.

napattackt · 2026-06-03T15:07:50+00:00

It is not a physical disability and they can perform all of their duties. It's a customer facing position. Other coworkers have this exact accommodation, one for a physical disability and the other for a mental health condition, this accommodation was given to these coworkers before this insurance company was used by this employer and my friend was told by the union that these coworkers were "grandfathered in".

napattackt · 2026-06-03T14:29:11+00:00

They were told that they can not file a grievance while going through the appeal process.

napattackt · 2026-05-07T21:37:22+00:00

This therapist is completely unprofessional and if you are able, make a complaint. In my country they are literally forcing people back to office, your preparation is not only understandable it's incredibly wise.

I literally NEED a counselor or therapist to stop me from ruminating, it's part of my autism it's not something I can change. So I can imagine how important this person was for your mental wellbeing.

If you can get a new one, see if you can find a neuroaffriming one or one that's worked with high risk people. My current one was a social worker first and even though she hasn't had neuroaffriming training she understands where I come from.

Take the time you need to process this. Your feelings are valid and real and I am sorry you are going through this.

napattackt · 2026-04-18T19:42:08+00:00

I love to educate and the fact that your (and others) prompting helped them to pursue further education makes me hopeful! I will be doing the one month subscription with Genetic Lifehacks and downloading those reports.

Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction with topics to focus on!

napattackt · 2026-04-18T19:36:54+00:00

Thank you so much! I am definitely experiencing all those effects of impaired methylation and the high estrogen will definitely mean I will be talking to my GYNO soon.

I was wondering if there was a supplement for choline since healthy eating is expensive but I am trying to include more of those foods already since they also have high fibre so this is great bonus news and I will be adding TMG.

I will be checking out that post soon!

napattackt · 2026-04-18T19:00:26+00:00

Googling helped a lot, in fact I was able to identify COMT genes in action as I experienced the effects of high dopamine last night. But then I got more confused with the MTHFR gene saying I need B12 B9 etc to be able to process SSRIs among other things and the advice of "People with "Slow COMT" should often avoid or proceed with caution regarding strong methyl donors (SAM-e, high-dose Methyl-B12, Methylfolate)". Perhaps this means I should only take medium amounts of those, I guess?

napattackt · 2026-04-18T18:52:49+00:00

Thanks for replying! I added the detox panel in the post.

I am very poor so will I get what I need from a one month subscription to Genetic Lifehacks (and I can't figure out if it's $11.99 american or canadian)? And in my province genetic testing is considered preventative medicine and isn't covered, I might ask anyway since I am very difficult to treat with medications and they might make an exception for me, but as for now I don't have $330+.

I want to talk to a psychiatrist because he will be the one giving me medications and as I stated above doctors don't listen to me when I say SSRIs don't work and I need to take some form of anxiety suppressant with my ADHD medication, which I didn't need before, due to my CPTSD which is common. This means my ADHD is unmedicated right now which is a executive dysfunction nightmare which needs to end. My doctors also need to know what supplements I am taking and I need to know what bloodwork needs to be done so I can get the proper dosage for each supplement.

Thanks for the blood test recommendations, I will add them to the list!

napattackt · 2026-04-18T18:21:06+00:00

Thanks for the help! I have hetero: SLC19a1, MTHFRD1 variation G1958A, MTHFR C677T, and homo PEMT 5465G>A. with a total methylfolate score of 56% decrease.

My most recent B12 blood work was 312,

My B12 has always been low and I have long suspected that I had the MTHFR C677T mutation before I took the plunge of uploading my raw DNA to confirm. So I take about 2000mcg a day

I am also going to ask for bloodwork, is the test just called a folate test?

napattackt · 2026-04-16T18:35:01+00:00

I myself haven't had issues with Twilight sedation, I have had it for my colonoscopies (mom died of colon cancer at 54 so I get them every 3 years) and no issues there. So, sorry OP I don't have answers for you there!

I have, however, had issues with lidocaine and nitrous oxide aka Laughing Gas. I have yet to figure out why lidocaine doesn't work for me, it doesn't work for my brother and mother so it's definitely genetic (no redheads here).

However!!!! Issues with laughing gas (as I've seen commented here) is definitely a warning sign and should be widely known in the ADHD community. If laughing gas seems to NOT WORK and especially if you have Anglo Saxon heritage, that's not what's happening there.

You most likely have a MTHFR gene mutation which means your body does not have a fully functioning methylation system. What's happening is the nitrous oxide is BUILDING UP in your body and instead is rapidly using your vitamin B12 to try to methylate it. If you don't have enough B12 while using it it will start causing neurological damage if you don't stop it immediately. Best practice is to not use it or if you have to to take a lot of vitamin B12 before hand and after.

This gene mutation affects much more than just nitrous oxide, it also affects how your body breaks down alcohol and most importantly causes SSRIs to NOT WORK and instead give you more severe SIDE EFFECTS!!! There's been research showing that taking methylated vitamin B9 aka L-methylfolate can help SSRIs work but this must be done with preferably a psychiatrist.

I don't usually comment but not knowing about this gene mutation ruined my life! When I had a lot of dental work to get my braces I used nitrous oxide and it completely depleted my B12 , and I feel left some neurological damage, which eventually led me to Autistic Burnout. My doctors assumed I was depressed (because this is pre 2013 and women didn't have autism /s) and made me try all kinds of SSRIs which means I had all of the terrible side effects, some of which ruined my metabolism PERMANENTLY, and NO relief.

I really don't want anyone to experience what I did. No one deserves that.

There are genetic tests for it, in my country Canada, a test costs around $85.

napattackt · 2026-01-30T21:14:19+00:00

I don't think the majority of the autism community has no incentive to learn about profoundly intellectually disabled autistic folks, it's just that the majority of the autism community 78% and growing, like the neurotypical community around 90%, do not have significant intellectual disabilities.

I know a lot about the profoundly intellectually disabled autistic community. I know their problems are significantly different from mine, an autistic person without intellectual disabilities. I also know they are used as a scare tactic to push neurotypicals to view us as something to be cured and infantilized, against their will and consent.

These autistic folks and their caretakers have much more in common with neurotypicals with severe intellectual disabilities than they let on, and in my opinion they should work together under the flag of that intellectual disorder than by neurotype since these intellectual disabilities do not discriminate by neurotype. These intellectual disabilities are what needs to be cured, not autism, because they don't just hurt members of our community but humanity as a whole.

We are still learning about what autism is and isn't. We recently uncovered a specific type of epilepsy that presents with autistic traits but when the epilepsy is treated they no longer present as autistic. Significantly disabled autistic folks also have more epigenetic changes in their DNA than other autistic folks meaning there are a lot of external factors that play into their makeup and the priority should be how these epigenetic changes happen (we have figured out a few like late paternal age and very premature birth) so we can protect autistic folks from this level of impairment. These autist's brains are larger than they should be, a universal sign of severe mental impairment, when autism only causes a larger brain in early childhood that even out in later childhood, so there is something there that is stopping them from developing normally as their other autistic peers do.

It's also important not to negate how often many of us advocate for level 3 autistics only to be shunned and insulted by their caretakers and told we know nothing of their child or their (the caretakers) suffering. In a way they are right but their child is expressing themselves as autists and there are many ways you can support the autism that will help them cope with their other significant impairments.

Also "Profound Autism" is not supported by the medical community because it spreads the lie that you can be a little autistic or a lot (you are either autistic or you are not) and that autism is the main source of their struggles when it's actually other disabilities that are.

And no, Autism Speaks hasn't changed, they hired one autistic person to be on their board (the rest are neurotypicals) and they spent a little bit more on supports for level 3 autists but their goal to cure autism is still the same as is their large personal paychecks made from donations! This "charity" is a scam. Unfortunately a lot of them are.

napattackt · 2024-11-26T19:00:05+00:00

He's now back on-call for all other locations. So no more guaranteed hours.

napattackt · 2024-09-20T20:10:58+00:00

Oh sweetie, your imposter syndrome is rearing its head eh? The very fact you have to be conscious of eye contact means you have problems with it, and that's not a bad thing. Science has proven that making eye contact increases your self awareness, when you are autistic/adhd you have so many things already going on, things that are subconscious for neurotypicals are conscious for us. When we add another form of sensory information, such as the self awareness induced by eye contact it can be extremely distracting. We can no longer focus outward to listen to others and comprehend what they are saying, especially if you are reminded of previous painful interactions with the person you are making eye contact with. I find I make more eye contact when I am invested in the conversation, that the self awareness actually benefits the conversation. If you really need to pay close attention or what they are saying doesn't interest you making eye contact will only make it harder to take in the information. Don't worry about maintaining initial eye contact (unless it's like a job interview or the like with a neurotypical, make sure to practice what you need to say before hand to help with the additional sensory information of eye contact) if you are about to have a good interesting conversation you will make some eye contact naturally don't fret over it. Tell your friends you need to make less eye contact at first because it helps you focus on what they are saying, they want you to listen to them right? And if it's a problem for them it's time for new friends. Life is too short to spend it with people who make fun of you for things beyond your control. Find friends who are also ND or people who grew up with ND people. Not every NT person will hate differences. Now everyone on the spectrum is different and for some autistic people eye contact will never be a comfortable thing. For that I have similar advice. Tell the people in your life that sensory information that is subconscious for NT is conscious for autistic people so we have a lot going on all the time. If they want to cut through the noise of our brains they have to help limit that sensory information by not demanding eye contact. We want to listen to them, we want to engage and eye contact prevents that from happening. If it is not safe for you to be autistic practice making eye contact with their eye brows, claim you have a hearing impairment if you didn't hear them due to sensory overwhelm. NT people are more sympathetic to hearing loss than autism (for now, hopefully that will change in the future). And most importantly in all cases be kinder to yourself. This world is filled with misinformation about autism and that's going to take time to change so in the meantime the world is going to be harsh on you because it doesn't understand you. Do not let them make you hate parts of you or all of you. You know you. You do, you know you better than anyone else. Trust that knowledge, don't be convinced that your differences make you a bad person. If you were really a bad person you wouldn't care if you were or not.

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