Would you hire someone with disabilities as a rehabilitation counselor or disabilities counselor at a college?

If you knew that someone had Asperger's Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, and Bipolar I Disorder, would you hire them? Let's say that Bipolar is under control with meds but the other two illnesses aren't completely under control because there is no medicine for them.

Absolutely!
If they are able to perform their job effectively and responsibly, they deserve the same consideration as anyone else. They may be more sensitive about the needs of a disabled person from first hand experience.

Okay, first of all, I wouldn't hire a psychiatrist as a counselor because I find it's hard to teach people who are drugged to the gills. Kids on prozac or ritalin are worse than kids on crack.

Second, I probably wouldn't WANT to hire someone who was a psych patient. For one thing, they are probably in the mindset that those drugs do something other than destroy people and drive them to senseless, random violence (such as the Columbine Massacre, the Omaha Massacre, the Virginia Tech shooting, all of which involved psychiatric drugs). Secondly, how can you expect them to deal with and handle OTHER people's problems when they can't even handle their own without a chemical f***ing up their mind?

The main reason I wouldn't hire someone that had those diseases is not actually the fact that they have those "diseases"--I couldn't care less, especially since psychiatric disorders are utterly unproven and akin to saying "his nose turns red when it's cold out; must be an illness. Have a drug." The main reason is that they are connected to people who squash people down and cut their reach as a way of living--namely, psychiatrists.

Very few of these data are opinion. Take a look around my source sites; read some articles. If you want to be objective, that is--if you think the mass media and the FDA are objective, I pity you.

I'd give that person a try.

If the bipolar disorder is under control then yes I would hire them as a rehab counselor . My son is OCD/behavior and has aspergers syndrome. He is so thorough and complete in his work that I would consider him a perfectionist. Write up a contract initializing a probation period and see how that goes. If you write this up only for this one person you are breaking the law, but if all your new hires sign it then you are not.

If they have the knowledge/skills needed for the job, I don't see why not.

I have Asperger's syndrome and OCPD myself and know I am able to do my job well.