236: The Disability Model of Addiction with John T Maier

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Mental Health

4.8 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that addiction has been recognized as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act for well over 20 years now? This means that people with addictions have substantial legal rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is such an important topic to talk and think about, as we learn how best to help everyone struggling with addiction as well as the pain and suffering that come along with addiction so we can help alleviate those.

On today's episode, Duane sits down with John T Maier to discuss the concept of viewing addiction as a disability instead of a disease. Their conversation delves into the implications this has on how we handle addiction in society and when dealing with addiction personally. John T Maier holds an MSW in clinical social work from Simmons University and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton. He is a staff clinician at the Seeder Clinic and teaches regularly at Lesley University, with a book on the disability view of addiction currently in the works.

In this episode, you will hear:

How addiction is being viewed by society over the years
The difference between disease and disability
Policy on addiction and disability
Disclosure of addiction and privacy
The disability model as identity-driven vs. behavior-driven

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Welcome to the Addictive Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Austerlund. I'm your host, and we are on to another episode. I have a very interesting guest today, John Meyer. And we're going to talk about a topic that I really hadn't put a lot of thought
0:24.9	into until I came across his work. And that is about looking at addiction as a disability
0:34.9	versus looking at addiction as a disease and the implications that has for us on how we
0:42.8	handle addiction in our society and when dealing with addiction.
0:47.7	So John is a therapist and philosopher based in Cambridge.
0:52.0	He holds a MSW in clinical social work from Simmons University
0:56.2	and a PhD in philosophy from Princeton. He is a staff clinician at the Cedar Clinic and regularly
1:02.3	teaches at Leslie University. And currently is working on a book on the disability view of addiction.
1:09.6	So I hope you enjoy this conversation, get a lot out of it,
1:14.3	and it really makes you think about how we view addiction in our society. It was definitely
1:23.1	thought-provoking for me, so I hope it is the same for you. And don't forget, if you're getting
1:29.1	a lot out of the addicted mind, click the subscribe button so you can get all the latest episodes
1:35.8	in your feed and maybe even write us or leave us a review. That would be awesome. All right,
1:41.6	stay tuned for this episode.
1:46.0	All right, everyone, welcome to the addicted mind. My guest today is John T. Meyer.
1:52.4	And we're going to talk about what I think is a really interesting conversation. And I've been
1:57.4	really looking forward to interviewing you, John. We're going to talk about language and looking at addiction as a disability versus the medical
2:08.3	disease model and talk about that.
2:11.6	But first, before we jump into that discussion, just tell me a little bit about you and
2:17.4	also this journey even to want to talk
2:20.4	about this or write about this because you've written a lot of papers on it and you have
2:25.2	a book that you're working on about it.
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