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Tobin S.

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1. We have a long way to go in changing the issue of stigma.
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 01:01 PM
Jun 2015

I have been filling out applications in search of a new job, lately, and a question I usually see on them toward the end asks if I am considered to have a disability. It has a list if of diseases and ailments that are considered disabilities, and my illness, bipolar disorder, is on the list.

They claim in the application that the information is used to make sure that their hiring practices are not discriminatory. However, it seems to me that disclosing such information would only lead to discrimination. Color me jaded, but I really don't see someone using that information as a factor to give me a job.

So I always answer that I do not have a disability. It is not required to disclose that information on the application, and you cannot legally be fired for it if the information later comes to light.

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