By the summer, Maria Sivsdotter from Bollstabruk would finish her education as a medical secretary.
She had arranged an internship and summer temporary position at a health center in Umeå.
Visited before the internship period
In February, she visited the health center to visit before the internship period would begin.
Prior to the visit, she had also been offered a summer temporary position for four weeks.
- It felt good and they welcomed me well, she says.
Told she has Asperger's syndrome
During her visit, she explained to staff that she has Asperger's Syndrome, that it was good to know, but that it would not affect her work.
- I said that there is nothing you need to take responsibility for.
I know my limitations and I am an adult.
And I absolutely did not deny any kind of task.
The staff took it well and said that there would be no problem, says Maria Sivsdotter.
Received a new message after the visit
But just over 20 minutes after she left the health center, she received an email from the head of the health center, which she did not even meet during the visit.
It said she was no longer welcome:
“My medical secretaries thought that you seemed nice and pleasant, but that the tasks to be performed at a health center will be too difficult, among other things, great flexibility is required. Sorry to have to disappoint you but we unfortunately have to say no to LIA with us ”.
- I have never been treated so badly because of my diagnosis, says Maria Sivsdotter.
Now she has reported the incident to the DO.
"Without giving me a chance, without checking any references and without having any evidence," she writes in the report.
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Operations Manager Ulrika Westman Yttergren responds to the criticism.
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