MEETING THIS WEEKEND!
We have our summer meeting this weekend with special guest speaker Mariam Lavoie.
Our next meeting will be September 24th!
Here are the latest current events:
July 30th RI EDS Awareness and Support Group Meeting 2pm-4:30pm – Warwick Public Library LARGE Meeting Room 600 Sandy Lane Warwick, RI 02886. Guest Speaker: Mariam A. Lavoie is a Social Security Disability Attorney for Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. She is an Associate Attorney with Marasco & Nesselbush, LLP. With more than 20 years of legal experience, she will be talking to us and answering questions about the process of filing for disability.
August 7th Dysautonomia Support Network Monthly Meeting Panera Bread: Panera Bread – 103 Taunton Street, Plainville, MA 02762 3-5pm
August 28th EDS New England Teens and Twenties Cookout – EDS Teens and Twenties (EDSers from age 13-29) group is having a cook-out August 28th 1-5pm at Rachel Stevens house in Cranston, RI. We’ll have vegetarian and gluten-free options, and we have one to two air-conditioned rooms available if someone has a POTS spell and needs to rest where it’s cool. Please contact Rachel on facebook or Email for the address and more information: stevenson.rachel2@gmail.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/453916298086367/
September 17th US Pain Foundation Pain Awareness Event: Johnston Senior Center 1291 Hartford Ave, Johnston RI. 2-4pm Speakers: Jessica Papa PT;DPT, speaking on myofascial release and Dry Needling, Ellen Smith: Meet Maggie the Service Dog and learn what a service dog can do for you, Stuart Smith, speaking on the role of a caregiver with tips on caring for yourself while caring for another, and Bill Van Ollefen, MBSR, C.M.I and Valarie Fosterfrom CT speaking about “Pathway to Mindfulness” For more info contact Ellen Smith at ellen@uspainfondation.org
September 24th RI EDS Awareness and Support Group Meeting 2pm-4:30pm – Warwick Public Library LARGE Meeting Room 600 Sandy Lane Warwick, RI 02886. Special meeting about nutrition and gardening with two guest speakers!
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