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Paul, I forgot to include this in my earlier reply .... it was in a letter to a person making the same inquiry as you were. It is excerpted from advice given by my advocacy friend and may be of interest re: your question. This is not a matter of honesty, but a matter of not allowing someone who is ignorant of the law violate your rights as a person with a disability. I hope it is helpful to your situation, Rob "Why would you have decided to give up your civil rights by telling them before your interview that you are a person with a disability ....... Many people worked very hard to give people with disabilities civil rights though the ADA. One of those rights is that a prospective employer can ask no questions about disability until an applicant for employment is offered a job. Then the only question that can be asked is whether the new employee has a disability for which a reasonable accommodation is needed. That is the time that you should have stated that you are a person with a disability and the accommodation you need is ................. I am just amazed that you would voluntarily given up a civil right that was so hard to win in the first place." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Ayers" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 4:25 PM Subject: "To tell or not to tell" > >From the experience of the list: > > When applying for a job do you tell you have PD upfront? > > How does one with PD fill out an application ? > > Thanks > > Paul > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn