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Each year, an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI).Easterseals is partnering with the San Francisco-based Brain Plasticity Institute to develop, then determine the effectiveness of, a novel, brain plasticity-based toolset designed to broadly restore impaired functional abilities in individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and associated post traumatic stress disorders (PTSD).
Our initial focus is on the several hundred thousand military personnel and veterans, who have incurred TBI, often accompanied by PTSD, serving our nation and our allies in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.
Our second focus area includes the millions of individuals with head-injuries and related trauma in the civilian population, who may have enduring deficits from injuries and/or trauma that impact their quality of life.
Our goal is to restore the functional and social capabilities of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with TBI and accompanying PTSD to help them re-establish a more successful civilian life and then to rapidly extend the practical uses of these programs to the far larger, highneeds brain-injured civilian population.
