Rethinking future rehabilitation for wounded warriors | Vibhavari Jani | TEDxICC

This talk challenges viewers to reconsider the mental health rehabilitation methods for men and women who served their country.

Vibhavari Jani was trained as an architect, interior designer, painter, singer, and as a dancer and currently serves as an associate professor in the College of Architecture, Planning and Design (APDesign) at Kansas State University (KSU). She is the author of “Diversity in Design: Perspectives from the Non-Western World.” In more than 22 years of practice in the United States, she has served the architecture and interior design industry in executive and administrative capacity and designed and managed large ($100 million) projects for major corporations, health care, education, government and hospitality clients. She is a registered architect in India. Since 2011, Prof. Jani has been working with her graduate students in developing rehabilitation facility prototypes for our returning soldiers and veterans. At present, her efforts are focused on developing a Farm Training and Healing Center for the wounded warriors for SAVE organization.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx