[nabs-l] Disclosing That I am Blind on job/internship applicationprocess?

[Carly Mihalakis]

Afternoon, Aleeha,

         Wouldn't it be pretentious of you not to 
acct like a blind woman, if in fact, you are a 
total? Who are we trying to kid, anyway? In my 
case, it is not realistic of me to dessociate my blindness from my person.
Car06:51 AM 7/24/2015, Aleeha Dudley via nabs-l wrote:
>Personally, I would not disclose on the 
>application. I would wait until the interview, 
>so that I might present myself in the best 
>possible light to my prospective boss. I don’t 
>want someone making assumptions about my 
>capabilities before I even get to the 
>interview. > On Jul 24, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Roanna 
>Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote: > > Hi Miso thanks for your 
>message.  When I was hired for my internship I 
>did not disclose my blindness.  I am taking the 
>place of the previous accessibility consultant 
>who was also blind.  When applying for a 
>corporate internship I would put that I am 
>visually impaired on the job application. > > 
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