Do I have to tell them all my business???

[mommyHeidi]

ok I have a real potential job since my MS diagnosis and now I am wondering if in the interview I need to tell them about my MS? I know they can't discriminate but really......deep down....really I don't want to...on the outside I look great. it isn't like I am going walk in and say "Hi my name is Heidi" and hand them my MRI lol

However....I am taking Tysabri and I have to have 1 day off a month to take the medication......so I would need 1 day a month (but I will have sick time for that)

Help, this would be the 1st time for that and wish me luck

[kmallory1]

Unless you are requesting an accommodation under the ADA, you don't have to tell them anything.

I did not disclose anything about having MS for many years. I passed off my limp due to spasticity as "nerve damage". That's exactly what it is, I just didn't share the cause.

For four years, I took a half day off once a month for Tysabri. I described it as "shots" for my nerve damage.

I just did not want to deal with people making assumptions about my abilities, either physical or mental, based on my MS diagnosis.

[Jules A]

I have to pass physicals when I start a new job but it is very basic. If I am going to be getting health benefits from the company I disclose MS on the physical exam forms but no where else. I don't want to risk losing my benefits or my job for lying on those forms.

I also always wait until I have a written job offer before I have scheduled the physical or disclosed the MS. So far as far as I know there has not been a breech in my confidentiality from employee health.

[Toomnyhats]

I didn't tell my new employer when I was hired 1.5 yrs ago. Doesn't affect my ability to do my job so they don't need to know.

[mommyHeidi]

Thank you, this is a desk job so it will not interfere with my job (maybe the memory part but that is what sticky notes are for)

Thank you!!