Should a firefighter candidate disclose ADHD?
If you don’t need any specific accommodations, you do not need to disclose. If you qualify in all ways for the position and this disqualifies you, they are breaking the law. I used to work at a med school where we did a project that helped disabled people get into medical professions. Part of my job was to go around and interview successful medical professionals with disabilities such as blind doctors, deaf nurses, etc. One thing I noticed was that I came across and interviewed several EMTs and emergency room workers who had ADHD. They all said that ADHD and their highly stimulating jobs were a perfect match. The EMTs would talk about how they worked on keeping their focus during their down times when they had to do paperwork or whatever, but during calls/emergencies, the pace of the emergency often was very much suited for their energy level and need for multiple stimuli around them. I’m not saying this as well as they did so I hope it makes sense. But it appeared to me that ADHD was
