Even a psychologist's confirmation of ADHD and autism couldn't keep the complaint alive
An employee who says she was pushed out of her job over her ADHD and autism has lost her bid to revive a discrimination complaint — even after handing the tribunal a psychologist's report confirming both diagnoses.
Commission member Dylan Snowdon upheld the dismissal of the complaint in a decision dated July 16, 2026. The case, Beck v Children's Autism Services of Edmonton, involved a speech language pathologist at an Edmonton-based autism services organization who alleged her employer refused to accommodate her mental disabilities and terminated her instead.
The employee took medical leave from December 2022 to March 2023. When she returned, she spoke out during a town-hall meeting in May 2023 against something the organization's executive director said, which prompted the executive director to try to schedule a call with her.
The employee told her manager she did not know the purpose of the call and was panicking. She asked to communicate by email instead of attending in person, framing the request as accommodation for her autism and ADHD. The organization rejected the request and required her to attend the meeting as scheduled.
She later took the matter to human resources. According to the decision, a staff member commented during that meeting that it was "weird" that someone in the employee's role as a speech language pathologist would seek...
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