Oh goodness, I’m so sorry to hear this. It seems as though so many people with chronic illnesses experience some kind of iteration of this and I can’t imagine how frustrating it must feel. Dealing with discrimination isn’t in my personal skillset so I’m probably not the best person to advise, but we’re looking at putting together some resources and/or some kind of toolkit through Astriid this year. But in the meantime, I think Scope helpline or Disability Rights UK would be your best bet for being connected with somebody who’s more knowledgeable. Really wishing you the best of luck with it and I hope you get the outcome you’re hoping for!

My boyfriend has chronic fatigue syndrome in the UK and was fired yesterday out of nowhere after being on a performance improvement plan. He also suffers from depression and being on this PIP has driven him back to therapy and antidepressants. He hit the KPIs set by the end of the plan, but his manager still fired him on the grounds that he failed the first 5 QA checks in the first few months of the plan. They gradually improved and he passed the target last month, but we think he was managed out due to his ME. The fact he showed improvement after 3 months and was not given a warning of any sort, was terminated immediately and escorted out of the building in tears is making me so angry. I work there too.

Employer made no reasonable adjustments and denied all of his requests without reason and denied his second request for an occupational health review as HR said they did not feel it would be any benefit. They doubled his workload to make his tasks impossible and then dismissed him for capability without even issuing any warnings.

What would your advice be? We strongly feel this is disability discrimination being masked as a capability issue.

Thanks for reading! I’m not aware of any specific templates (food for thought!) but in the meantime it might be worth looking at the Health Adjustment Passport which is a free downloadable resource from the gov.uk website – it might help you/them get started and keep track of everything in one place!

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Thank you so much for reading, glad it was helpful and hope things become more manageable for you soon!

Thank you so much! It’s something I often struggle with too and I have no amazing tips or advice for it, but I think just accepting that fact and allowing yourself that time is so important. In many ways it’s an access need, so just make sure you leave time and space for it in your working day – after all, it might be the very thing that helps you to show up as your best self!