Christine,

I've worked directly in the disabilities field since graduating from college
(with two exceptions), so my experience is a bit skewed, but basically at
the end of the interview when it's to the "Do you have any questions" part,
I'll bring up any accomodations I might need to do the job.  The hiring
entity isn't supposed to ask about those until you're hired, but I figure if
an employer is going to be uncomfortable with making accomodations, I'd
rather know up front.

In all my employment situations, all my employers have been willing to
provide necessary accomodations, and it's worked out well.  I've gone to a
couple of interviews where it was obvious that the employer was
uncomfortable with my disability, but both of these were for lower wage
summer jobs while I was going to college, so it didn't bother me too much to
not get the jobs.

I just did a disability etiquette presentation to a college class of speech
path/audiology majors, and talked about clients or family members who might
have disabilities, and didn't mention the potential of co-workers with
disabilities explicitly.  Next time I'll have to do that!

On 3/5/07, Christine Ode <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I am looking for a Speech Pathology position. There are countless
> settings I can work in and I haven't ruled anything out. Right now it's
> a lot of sending resumes without having the benefit of an application to
> write on, but I do like the idea of asking about the stairs...Thanks
>
> Christine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Linda Macaulay
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Interview
>
> Christine,
>
> What type of job are you looking for?  I always mentioned something
> when there was a place on the job application and if not, when I got
> the call to come in for the interview.  Something like: "I have
> cerebral palsy and have some difficulty with stairs.  Is your
> building accessible or are their railings on all steps?"  Usually I
> was asking this of the secretary but you knew she would go tell the
> principal...They have to interview you and can't discriminate and I
> never really had any problems.
>
> Linda
> On Mar 5, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Christine Ode wrote:
>
> > Hello all~
> >
> >    I have been very quiet on this list but have enjoyed reading the
> > posts when I can. I have been crazy busy with Graduate school and
> > now it is coming to an end. Right now I am in the process of sending out
> > resumes and setting up interviews. And although I know they can not
> > legally ask me about my CP; it is not as if they are somehow going to
> > miss the crutches when I walk in. Does anybody have some suggestions
> > about how / when / when / if I say something to potential employers?

   >Any ideas would be appreciated.
> Thanks!
> Christine



Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
> depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

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