How do I ask for reasonable adjustments?

If you’re having problems doing your job or parts of your job, the first thing to do is to talk to your manager. If you need adjustments then you will need to tell them that you have a disability, but you don’t have to tell them you have Parkinson’s if you don’t want to.

Try to explain which part of your job is causing you a problem and what that problem is. For example, you may have difficulties travelling to work on public transport during rush hour because you can’t get a seat and find it hard to stand for long periods of time. Or you may have problems using a computer keyboard because of a tremor.

Don’t worry if you don’t have any suggestions for what reasonable adjustments may help you. Your manager can arrange for you to have an assessment with an occupational health specialist to find out what your problems are and to make suggestions for how to solve them.