Morning all I was hoping you might be able to give me some advice after I found out yesterday that I’m being made redundant! I currently work in a school as a department admin assistant, they tell me I have my job for the rest of this academic year, so mid July and then the job will cease after being with them for 5yrs! What am I going to do financially with no job, and what employer is going to want to employ someone with MS who has limited mobility even though their a bloody good administrator, loyal and hard working with an excellent sickness record! Surely a employer is going to look at the word MS and run a mile - even though they shouldn’t! Arrrrrgh nothing seems to go right for me, ever since being dx back in Sep 2012 I seem to have had one bit of bad luck after the bloody other! I have a mortgage and a 5yr old to support - how am I meant to do it! Sorry for the negative post but I’m just pulling my hair out and I’m feeling so emotional - I thought I’m meant to try avoiding stress to try prevent another relapse! Feeling pants! Liana 
I’m sorry to hear this. It happened to me about 18 months ago, although I was rather better placed financially, and didn’t have family obligations. It still wasn’t nice.
As I’ve already said to someone else in the last day or two, why would the word “MS” feature anywhere in your application? If your application doesn’t mention it, it can’t get binned when they see it!
Obviously, if you get as far as interview, there will be no disguising your limited mobility, but I see no point in raising it before then, unless they run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled people, or are looking for someone with experience of “disability issues”.
If you get as far as a face-to-face, you have a much better chance to place your disability in perspective, emphasising your exemplary sickness record (so that’s unlikely to be a problem) and your suitability for the job. I’m not saying it won’t be any kind of disadvantage, but I think being able to present your case in person gives you a much better chance than simply writing on an application: “Oh, and I have MS”. That is very rarely a selling point, so why put it?
Tina
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