Plaintiff gains the benefit of a longer statute of limitations on the federal claim by filing a state claim alleging discrimination, but not necessarily discrimination under the same theory as the federal claim.
Denial of request for a reasonable accommodation sufficed for discrimination -- plaintiff had no duty to request alternate accommodations.
Award of fees correct.
http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0163p-06.pdf
Since 2011. An occasional commonplacing of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Neither an authoritative statement of the law nor legal advice. Quick work.