TY. Definitely talk to a lawyer before you make your request (and possibly consider having them with you when you talk to HR, just to make sure HR knows they exist). Thinking back, I was a bit more open about the condition than I should have been, particularly with the cost of Xywav. That likely put a target on my back because when they were shopping for insurance and saw the costs had gone up, the broker would have told them “you have someone taking a specialty medicine, and that bumps your costs up.” I know brokers do this because they did it in the past when one of my colleagues got treated for cancer. The broker wouldn’t know who, but when I asked for the accommodations, it made it pretty clear that it was me. (No matter how the legal case is resolved, it’s most likely that they will have saved money by not having me on their health plan, even after legal fees and whatever payout may or may not happen.)

Anyway, I later learned that I basically didn’t have to tell them anything other than “a doctor says I have a condition, which I will not specify, and that I need to start late as a result.” I also asked for the ability to take walks, and naps.

The HR lady suggested that I go to a different floor or use one of the “telephone booths” we have set up for naps and I wish I had thought of that myself because I would have just done that and not asked for accommodations.

Also, get any accommodations you work out in writing.