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Episode 142: The ADA and Employment Rights for Employees with Alcohol or Substance Use Disorders

Wednesday – June 4, 2025

Guest

Oce Harrison

Oce Harrison, ADA Special Projects, New England ADA Center

Description

According to 2023 data from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), in the U.S., 13.6 million workers or nine percent of all employed adults have current alcohol or illicit drug use disorders. In addition, 13.4 million workers, an almost equal number, report that they are in recovery from a substance use disorder. Our guest for this episode, Oce Harrison, currently oversees ADA Special Projects at the New England ADA Center, where she served as Project Director from 2001 to 2023. One of her passions is training and educating others about the rights of people with substance use disorder or alcohol use disorder. Among her many accomplishments, Oce created an ADA addiction recovery toolkit with the National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center. She also led the ADA National Network in creating the ADA, Addiction, and Recovery Fact Sheet Series.

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The ADA National Network
The ADA National Network provides information, guidance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act tailored to meet the needs of business, government and individuals at local, regional and national levels. The ADA National Network consists of 10 regional ADA centers in the United States providing local assistance to ensure that the ADA is implemented wherever possible. The ADA National Network is not an enforcement agency, but a helpful resource supporting the ADA mission to make it possible for everyone with a disability to live a life of freedom and equality.

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