To Disclose, or not to Disclose

That really is the question. And one lived by people with disabilities on a VERY regular basis when interviewing

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This article is not legal advice. If you have questions about how disclosing a disability can impact you legally, ask your attorney, who is most definitely not me.

This question* showed up on my LinkedIn feed recently.

Do you tell a supervisor when you first start a job about a disability, or do you not say anything and hope they don’t find out?

The answers were split just about 50/50 with half saying “disclose” and half saying “don’t disclose”. Since the OPs contact group is not well-known to me, it is hard to say which answers belonged to people with disabilities, and which belonged to hiring managers. But there were a couple of responses that…