Returning to Work After Brain Injury

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• Meet a handful of people with brain injury who give courage and tenacity new meaning. Transcript of this video. Living with a Traumatic Brain Injury
• This marriage and family therapist, talks about common issues after TBI. Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Brian King. Transcript of this video. Caron Gan Talks About Barriers in Working Towards Independence

A brief summary of current research.

How many people return to work after acquired brain injury?: A systematic review

van Velzen, JM, van Bennekom, CAM, Edelaar, MJA, Sluiter, JK, and Frings-Dresen, MHW. Brain Injury, Volume 23(6) June 2009, pp 473 – 488.

A review of the literature conducted by a group in the Netherlands found that approximately 40 percent of people with traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury were able to return to work after one-to-two years. Changes in job demands or type of work were common.

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