Hr Shared My Medical Info Unnecessarily

Location: Wisconsin

Recently I have been experiencing major health issues (suspected autonomic disorder, still getting various tests), and requested ADA accommodations. The head of HR handles all ADA matters, so that’s who I was working with. Well, all requested accommodations were denied (fair enough), but when she sent the denial letter she CC’d my direct supervisor and another lower level HR employee. The denial letter mentioned that I have a neurological condition and listed the sensory sensitivities that I was requesting accommodations for, which made the diagnosis (autism) screamingly obvious considering the field I work in (education). I found that extremely embarrassing, because I know what my coworkers think about this diagnosis, and to make matters worse, my autistic child attends another school in the district and now I feel like any judgment for me may affect how he is treated. I had to talk this all through several times with my therapist because it’s so painfully embarrassing and anxiety provoking that now potentially anyone in the district may hear that I left my job over a “fake” medical condition.

I’ve looked it up and it seems like that info should not have been shared with my supervisor because the supervisor did not need it to plan for accommodations, as accommodations had been denied.

They ended up medically separating (which I don’t disagree with) and offering me money in exchange for signing a waiver (which I’ve been told isn’t standard for medical separations).

Is this an acceptable reason to file an EEOC complaint? I asked ChatGPT and it generated a “yes, this is a strong case, 3-8 months to settlement, ballpark $15k” but I’d like to hear from real people if possible.