To disclose or not disclose...

[Guest guest]

I was reading a newsletter I get at work and I saw this and thought it

might be interesting for the group. I think this really goes for

people who have FMS or any disability whether it is a good idea to

disclose our disability (esp. in the work place).

Here you go...

Disclosing Disability

Deciding if and when to disclose a disability is a difficult decision

to make; however, two recent publications, attempt to make this

decision a little easier. The first publication, " The Art of

Disclosing Your Disability, " asks and answers ten questions that

develop a person's skills to address disability during an interview.

The questions range from: " What are the benefits of me bringing up my

disability in an interview? " to " What if I want my counselor or job

developer to bring it up for me? " The second publication, " Disclosure

Decisions Guide: To Get the Job, " is a fact sheet that takes the

person through three steps: 1) Choose how to disclose, 2) Decide when

to disclose, and 3) Determine the need for disclosure.

Guide:

Pimentel, The Art of Disclosing Your Disability, Milt &

Associates Inc. (November 2007), available at

http://www.miltwright.com/articles/ArtOfDisclosingYourDisability.pdf

Fact Sheet:

Virginia Commonwealth University, Disclosure Decisions Guide: To Get

the Job (n.d.), available at

http://www.worksupport.com/documents/disclosure_decisions.pdf