Should employees with physical or non-physical medical conditions identify themselves as employees with disabilities?
There are many employees who have medical conditions but do not consider themselves disadvantaged in employment. For example, someone whose vision is corrected by glasses will not normally identify himself/herself as a person with a disability. If, however, an employee has a condition that he/she believes to be an impairment or believes that the employer is likely to consider a disadvantage in employment, then it would be appropriate to identify himself/herself as a person with a disability.
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