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Tax day is April 18! Tap into local resources for SSI and SSDI beneficiaries to stay stress free this tax season. Learn more in our latest issue of Work Incentives Connection. conta.cc/3Ks0N9p

Listen to the latest episode of "Disability News You Can Use!" This month, Deanne Gagne speaks with Ed Laurenzo, a certified Personal Trainer and a person with a disability that strives to encourage others to reach their full fitness potential. conta.cc/3FQnvX8

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The Sherlock Center is writing a plan for the next five years. We want to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to tell us what the needs are in Rhode Island. Take the survey now at conta.cc/3lRIWwO.

#NDEAM Have you been out of work, or financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, the U.S. Department of Labor has a new toolkit that may help. Check out "Secure Your Financial Future: A Toolkit for Individuals with Disabilities" at dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/….

conta.cc/3AdqD9Q The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, RI College, is seeking to hire two Access to Integrated Employment Specialists. Complete details and application available from the RIC website at conta.cc/3DcChUi. Closing date is October 18, 2021.

It's National Disability Employment Awareness Month & I never tell disabled people, "Just work harder." High unemployment rates are a systemic problem. Employers, and society as a whole, must increase efforts to end ableism. #NDEAM popsugar.com/smart-living/H…

Don’t forget to register for Thursday’s free #NDEAM event, featuring APSE’s own Julie Christensen @swiva The pandemic is far from over, yet let’s take an hour to review what we have experienced, what the data has shown, what’s next for #EmploymentFirst . apse.org/online-learning

Read @POTUS’s #NDEAM proclamation! “I urge all Americans to embrace the talents and skills that workers with disabilities bring to the national recovery and to promote the right to equal employment opportunity for all people.” – President Biden. buff.ly/3D7XC1f

Teachers! Want to read some outstanding books with your high school students to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth? We recommend Strange Birds by Celia C. Pérez (@CeliaCPerez), and They Call Me Güero by David Bowles (@DavidOBowles).

We make progress by meeting people where they are. I’d say this is a hill I’ll die on but I’d rather you come meet me on the hill and hang out and have a picnic and good conversation instead.

#NDEAM TUNE-IN: ADA Live! Episode 98: America's Recovery: Powered by Inclusive Employment on Wednesday – October 6 at 1:00 PM [Eastern] and 12:00 noon [Central]. Learn & explore: adalive.org

This is Direct Support Professional (DSP) Recognition Week (9/12-18, 2021) #DSPRW2021 . The Sherlock Center thanks all DSPs for your commitment and daily impact. You are seen and valued by all of us here at the Sherlock Center! Thank you! #DSPSExceptionalEssential2021

conta.cc/2Wtia4 Don't miss the next session of PCT Facilitator Training for those supporting persons with I/DD living in Rhode Island #sherlockcenter