@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member. If your job offer includes health benefits, you will most likely be evaluated by the insurance company's doctor. You will also have to fill out insurance forms. If you don't answer the questions regarding your medical history honestly and the company finds out, you could be in serious trouble. If the job does not include medical benefits, I would suggest you do aswas suggested and not disclose your PD.

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As an example of reactions that can happen to PD, a few years ago, a new manager took over in our IT area. She knew I had PD and while the symptoms were not readily evident, the side-effects, specifically Dyskinesia, were at times when I walked in the office. My work was always done. It didn't matter. I returned from a vacation and was greeted with a meeting where they attempted to push me onto disability. I told them I wanted to keep working. They dramatically increased my workload with unusually short deadlines too. I continued to do the work and got the union involved while looking for a job in another department.

I switched jobs. But that was not the time in my PD life to take on new programming languages and new systems. I did my work and pushed hard. Once the new place realized that I had PD, I sensed they too were looking at ways to get rid of me. So I used still more energy and became a union steward.

Ongoing stress is thought to accelerate the progression of PD. The period of time where I was targeted at the first job through all the new job effort and studying to be a union steward, I do believe accelerated my PD progression and in the end two years after the first place tried to force me onto disability, I actually went on disability. The decision was triggered when on a cruise, I suddenly, in crowded areas, dramatically slowed and struggled walking a few times and I also became aware of tinnitus in my ears. I realized I had progressed past the point of effectiveness. I had already been using lunch hours to recover from fatigue for a while.

I was working and then PD appear and I work five year with the condition. Y 2015 a cerebral stroke disable. Be trustworthy in any case you may use ADA law

Thanks thunderroad for sharing your experience.

None I have 10 years with the condition see my history.