Seeks Participants in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Hartford and Sacramento Markets
CHICAGO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ --
Why: According to the Department of Defense, the signature wound for
U.S. soldiers involved in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan
is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), with 25 percent of blast
survivors at risk of TBI. Government reports cite nearly 22,000
blast survivors, leaving 5,500 service members with the potential
for TBI. However, neurologists nationwide worry that hundreds of
thousands more, at least 30 percent of the troops who've engaged
in active combat for four months or longer in Iraq and
Afghanistan, are at risk of potentially disabling neurological
disorders from the blast waves of IEDs and mortars, all without
suffering a scratch.
Who: Over nearly 90 years, Easter Seals has played a leading role in
helping veterans with disabilities in their local communities
through medical rehabilitation, home accessibility, job training
and employment, and recreation. Easter Seals located in
Dallas/Fort Worth, Hartford and Sacramento, with funding from the
Ludy Family Foundation, are conducting a pilot project to help
returning veterans with TBI, using Posit Science's Brain Fitness
Program.
Iraq and Afghanistan military service members and veterans who
were involved in any blasts (from IEDs, mortars, land mines,
grenade, RPG, etc.) or sustained a head injury (from a bullet,
vehicle accident, or fall) and are currently experiencing ANY of
the following; easily irritated or angered; headaches; ringing in
the ears; blurred vision; feeling light-headed or dizzy; trouble
with memo
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