Could anyone who works in HR / recruitment tell me a bit about the attitudes that exist towards disclosing health condition or disability when recruiting?
For example if there is a hidden condition that is medically diagnosed, but does not have actual health effects and does not affect the work? The same diagnosis in other people might have more noticeable effects and recruiters might have a stereotyped idea about the condition, but this generic picture does not really apply to this particular person. Basically the job applicant does not consider himself disabled, but the name of the condition would imply a disability under the DDA?
Is there any particular attitude to something like Asperger? Is there any awareness that it affects individuals differently and does not in itself imply any level of ability?
How would recruiters react if it comes up at the health questionnaire stage? Would they pull the offer?
How to handle this?