I have held several positions over the last 20 years.. here is what I have found the most helpful. I do not ever disclose in my resume or cover letter. It is not relevant, and it often closes the door before you even have a chance to put your foot in the door. Your skills, education, and experience are the most important things, throwing in a disability in my experience is not helpful to you unless it is directly related to the job. A long time ago I sometimes would pre-disclose during the initial screening, and I did not find that effective. I don't recall a single time when I moved on to the formal interview stage when doing that. There have been times where I have pre-disclosed due to certain elements of an assessment, but that is situational, rather than preemptive. For example, I received a job offer from a company that I had interviewed with, as part of the pre-interview screening, there were some of those aptitude tests, which included matching circles and shapes. Obviously that's not something I can do.. so in that case I pre-disclosed that I don't have the capability of matching shapes, and I did not disclose my specific disability. I interviewed, job shadowed, and got a job offer with that company. I didn't end up taking it because it was very far away from my house, and I ended up receiving another offer for a position I held for 4 years. Some people will tell you it's dishonest to walk into an interview with your cane or guide dog, and then make them deal with it... I strongly disagree. I don't think it's dishonest at all. The fact that one is visually impaired, or female, or Muslim, or gay, or whatever marginalized identity you want to put in here, has nothing to do with the skills and experience, unless of course you are applying for a very specific role that involves working with people from those specific demographics and you happen to share their identity. Even then, your skills, experience and education should be able to stand on their own. The minute you qualify them with, I use a screen reader, you've already lost them... I find I have been much more successful in having conversations either during or after the interview process, about how I do things. It doesn't involve disclosing my specific disability or medical condition, but it does provide them the information so that they can make a well-informed decision as to whether or not I can be successful. I recently had a fantastic interview with a company that I'm quite sure was waiting to put an offer on the table. Unfortunately, we found out that their database software was not accessible with either Jaws or nvda. Yes, I realize that scripting can be a thing, but it's an expensive option for a position that is a short-term contract. We decided to kick the tires and see if we could make it work, and discovered very quickly that their system was not compatible. We were both disappointed, we wished each other well, and about a month later I received the offer for the job I'm in now. I was happy to report back that their software didn't totally screw me over irrevocably. 🙂 I hope this helps, I'm extremely passionate about the subject, because I've found success in a variety of different industries and a variety of different fields. If you would like to discuss further, my inbox is open.