I have always been up front about Ashley’s SWCAH at an interview.  I wouldn’t want to get the job and then there be an emergency and then inform them.  I simply say that one of my kids has enzyme deficiency that is controlled with medication.  I do not offer a definition of CAH but I do explain that when she gets sick it can become a trip to the ER and that possible I would miss work.  In the ten years since Ashley was born I have worked at 3 jobs.  The first said they appreciated me telling them up front about Ashley.  She was a newborn and I missed a lot of work in the beginning.  But I stayed there for 3 years until the business closed its doors.  The second job I was at for 3 years and I quit there because the business was losing money and I did not want to be out of a job.  And now I work for a corporation that is family oriented and even they said they appreciated me talking about Ashley at the interview.

I just believe that you should be up front about certain things at interviews.  A child having a life threatening condition is one of them.

Lisa V.