I've come back to work to discover that my company no longer deems it acceptable for me to have my ID swipe card attached to my belt on one of those retractable elastic thingies that they issued me with, but that it ABSOLUTELY MUST be worn around my neck on a bright blue lanyard (I even hate the word 'lanyard') so that it gets tangled with my headset lead, clatters on my desk and keyboard and makes me look like a tit.
I feel your pain, brother. My company have issued "identity cards", ostensibly so if we are in the community with service users who are displaying challenging behaviour, we can flash them and reassure the general public that any techniques we may use to "calm them down" are in the best interests of the person involved and they should not be alarmed.
I made my disssatisfaction with the design very clear at template stage. But ohhhh no, I was overruled by a fucking idiot.
Hence, I now have a little laminated card with my picture on it, which states in big bold letters "This person has an Autistic Spectrum Disorder and/ or Learning Disability". No I bloody don't, but the person I am with might.
Useful in getting into cinemas cheap, I guess- but not overly professional!
Steev
