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Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) , Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD), and Persons with cognitive disabilities (such as Autism) face difficult community reintegration challenges. The MindKnit Research Center (non-profit) builds leading national, international research, and community partnerships to bring them into: education, workplace, home and community. We share leading US and International collaborations for research, medical treatment, technology, training, and social supports for Vets with TBI and persons with cognitive disabilities. We jointly share integrated research and treatment models across: brain injury, Autism and cognitive disabilities. This knowledge helps advance life goals of Veterans with TBI, PTSD and Persons with Autism and cognitive disabilities across the US, Japan, and the world.
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- November 2010, Tokyo, 34th Annual Conference of Higher Order Brain Dysfunction (Neurological) Society; "US-Japan Exchange - Meeting of the Minds" Satellite Session shares: research, clinical and community return outcomes with VA Traumatic Brain Injury/Polytrauma, Walter Reed Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center, Japan Society clinicians, MindKnit Research Center (Co-Moderator) with 1,500 researchers, clinicians, therapists;
- 2009 Meetings, NRCD Tokyo, to plan areas of exchange and to plan a Conference with the NRCD and Higher Order Brain Dysfunction (Neurological) Society in Japan for 2010;
- MindKnit Research Center "Meeting of the Minds" - A US-Japan Goodwill Exchange for Technology and Research to Bring Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Individuals with Autism and TBI into Healthcare, Community and Workplace, held in Washington. Visit the Conference Web site.

Return to Work, Higher Education, Community and Medical Treatment for Vets with TBI
MindKnit Research Center participated in the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Best Practices Conference." Learn more about the New York State Department of Health TBI Waiver Program.

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