Petition · past parliament · Department for Work and Pensions
Automatic right to remote working for those with ASD or mental health issues
Closed
45 signatures
What the petition asks
I want the Government to make it a legal requirement for employers to allow full remote working for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and those with any other mental health difficulties.
Autism is a disability and reasonable adjustments must be made to enable disabled people to work, not to disadvantage people who have specific difficulties with socialising in person, crowds and a whole myriad of issues that can be near impossible to overcome in the work place, maybe why such low levels employment. We should be legally guaranteed the right to remote working, so we can be productive members of society, people not living in relative poverty, for our self-esteem.
Timeline
| 21 Apr 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Oct 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
45
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Opened
21 Apr 2021
Closed
21 Oct 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.