How the ADA Applies to Addiction and Recovery

Event Date/Time: 

Thursday, April 25th, 2024
10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Location: 

Zoom Webinar with captioning and ASL interpreting

Description: 

Series: 4th Thursday ADA Talks 2024 - Session 4 of 10

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024

Time (60 minutes):

10:00 – 11:00 am [Eastern] / 9:00 – 10:00 am [Central] / 8:00 – 9:00 am [Mountain] / 7:00 – 8:00 am [Pacific]

In This Webinar:

There are thousands of people with addiction to alcohol and in recovery from opioids and other drugs unaware of their civil rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This webinar provides an overview on how the ADA applies to alcohol and substance use disorders using scenarios to illustrate the application of the ADA as it relates to alcohol, opioids and other drugs, and cannabis. The webinar also will discuss protections for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) who take medication to treat their OUD.

Presenter:

Oce Harrison, Ed.D. 
ADA Special Projects – New England ADA Center, A project of the Institute for Human Centered Design (IHDC)

4th Thursday ADA Talks 2024

This is the fourth of ten webinars on the fourth Thursday of each month from January to October 2024. Hosted by: University of Kentucky Human Development Institute (HDI), Southeast ADA Center, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University.

Webinar Format

Certificate of Participation

For this webinar to receive credit:

  • You must be registered and complete the Post Test Eval.
  • You must attend the entire session (live or archive). 

REGISTER:

Register for 4th Thursday ADA Talks 2024
or use the link: https://bit.ly/4th-thursday-ada-talks-2024

General Accommodations: 

American Sign Language (ASL)
Open or Closed Captions
Materials Available in Alternate Formats

From the Sponsor: 

Region 1 - New England ADA Center, Region 4 - Southeast ADA Center, ADA National Network

Audience: 

Business, Employer, People with Disabilities, ADA Coordinator, Consumer Advocate, Educator, Family Member of Person With Disability, Medical Professional, Service Provider

Topic: 

Education, General ADA Information, Legal Assistance, Medical Assistance, Non-Discrimination, Program Access, Reasonable Accommodation

Credit: 

Attendance

Registration: 

Required

Cost: 

$ 0.00