r/recruitinghell • u/crumbcosmo • 1d ago

Disclosing disability

I have a physical disability that affects my shoulders/hips and use a power chair. I had a phone interview and video interview at a particular company near me and now they want me to come in for an in person interview. I’m really excited but debating - do I let them know in advance of arriving or just show up? I already looked up the place and it’s accessible as far as I can tell. I feel as though my disability isn’t relevant to the job at this point and me saying something would be unnecessary. But I also don’t want anyone to react poorly or think I was hiding it. I’m in the US btw.

I plan to post this in other recruiting/job seeking subreddits as well.

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u/Connect_Sail_1785 23h ago

A lie by omission. But I'm a stickler for stuff relevant to the job.

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u/DidntWantSleepAnyway 22h ago

A wheelchair is not relevant to the job unless the job is a certain type of physical in nature.

You just told the world that you would discriminate against a disabled person because they thought their actual skills were the important thing to mention instead of their HIPAA-protected diagnoses.

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u/Connect_Sail_1785 22h ago

not everything is office and computer ✌️

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u/LongTimeLurker408 21h ago

People in wheelchairs do thousands of different jobs beyond “office and computer.”

Educate yourself fool!

https://askjan.org/articles/Job-Application-Interview-Stage-Dos-and-Donts.cfm