Caregiver Discrimination is Disability Discrimination

At the beginning of the year, I developed a new chronic illness, which quickly took me from being able to work a demanding 40+ hour per week job to barely being able to get out of bed some days. I am now a fainting and a fall risk, and struggle to move around my house unassisted because I can't be on my feet for very long. Through this process, my husband has been my main caregiver because this is a new situation and we are just now determining that it will probably be long term. In the meantime, my husband has been unsuccessful in accessing any work accomodations that would make this process easier and safer. While his job has been remote since February 2020 (and his company was more successful while employees were working from home), he is now being forced back into the office 3 days per week, regardless of any Dr's notes and despite the fact that he has been able to work remotely for 5 years. This happened at the beginning of the year, and he has already used FAMLI leave, but now that he has used his 12 weeks, he must return to work and we are still in the same position. Unfortunately because there are no requirements for reasonable caregiver accomodations, his company has refused to allow him to continue full time work from home, and we have no recourse. I shouldn't have to pay to have a home health aid when my husband is perfectly capable of assisting me as long as he is able to be at home. Disability advocacy must do a better job of supporting those who care for the disabled, because otherwise neither group receives the care that they need.