If you don't want to release records they can ask your doctor directly to respond to a set of questions about your condition generally. Practically doctors can

If you don't want to release records they can ask your doctor directly to respond to a set of questions about your condition generally. Practically doctors can write a note and if is sufficiently detailed it's normally accepted. But the idea that oh, I've got something so ADA let's me work from home is really not true - there is usually much much more back and forth in these things.