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Share DX with Work?

august06momaugust06mom member
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When, if at all, did you share your DC's dx with your work? We're just starting the PDD-NOS/ASD journey, and DS2 is about to begin OT today. I WAH but we have a nanny who does therapies when I can't. I try to join speech therapy when I can and make up the time at night, but he's going to have so many therapies that I know someone else will be doing it most of the time.

Should I share this with work? My boss is an extremely kind man, but he doesn't have children, much less one with special needs. I don't plan on taking time away from work that I can't make up later, but I don't want to be seen as a liability -- I work in an industry that is often begging for a reason for layoffs. I have a great deal where they let me work from home, and I don't want anything to screw that up.

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  • bumpuser511563bumpuser511563 member
    I did with DS's therapies that way if they ask me to volunteer for things outside of work, they can't ask me. (I actually didn't want to participate in such activities and out of town training opportunities outside of work). I have even shared that on the weekends, we also have therapies on Saturdays and Sundays.
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  • august06momaugust06mom member
    It's an excellent gig. I've been with them for almost a decade. The only thing I have to gain by sharing is that I don't want to appear as if I'm being "sneaky." One of the reasons my boss has allowed me to work from home is that I've always behaved as if I'm still in the office -- full transparency. I don't take a long lunch to run an errand without telling him, which is how it works in the office. I don't sign off early without first asking permission. I'm supposed to be in the office next week, and I'm thinking of just running things by him in a breezy, head's up kind of way. I've used some PTO in the past few months for doctor appts, and I know he's probably a little curious if something's going on. I don't want him to think it's something worse than what it actually is.
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  • RdmaggieRdmaggie member

    I agree with PP in doing what feels right for you.

    DH and I both shared that *something* was going on with our employers. Mostly because he ended up having to take quite a bit of PTO (which I admit was due more to my inability to cope for a while, rather than dd's pending DX), and because I had to call off a few days myself.

    I can't speak for him, but for me it has really helped my employers to know. I shared with HR and the Schedule coordinator and that was all. I never told my direct supervisor, what mattered to me was that if i needed time off for therapy/appointments/etc that they understood the reason, and while I wouldn't qualify for FMLA as I have dropped my hours so low, they haven't held any of my few call offs against me in relation to this.

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