EPISODE · Apr 2, 2026 · 3 MIN
“We’d like you to resign”: Worker in Japan fired 4 days after revealing autism
from Disability News Japan · host Michael Gillan Peckitt
“We’d like you to resign.” Hearing those words, Yamakawa (a pseudonym) was shocked. They never expected such a drastic change in their employer’s attitude. The incident that came to mind had happened just four days earlier. Yamakawa had revealed to the head of the company, where they had been working for three years, that they had ASD. Episode notes: ‘ “We’d like you to resign”: Worker in Japan fired 4 days after revealing autism’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2026/04/02/wed-like-you-to-resign-worker-in-japan-fired-4-days-after-revealing-autism/
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“We’d like you to resign.” Hearing those words, Yamakawa (a pseudonym) was shocked. They never expected such a drastic change in their employer’s attitude. The incident that came to mind had happened just four days earlier. Yamakawa had revealed to the head of the company, where they had been working for three years, that they had ASD. Episode notes: ‘ “We’d like you to resign”: Worker in Japan fired 4 days after revealing autism’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2026/04/02/wed-like-you-to-resign-worker-in-japan-fired-4-days-after-revealing-autism/
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