Passing this along: Good afternoon, I’m writing to you today to discuss a project that I recently initiated - SCI Video Blog. As the name suggests, it’s a video hub for all the spinal cord patients around the world. SCI Video Blog is a collection of tutorial videos posted by SCI patients of all different levels of injury to visually demonstrate how they perform their daily life activities. The website would allow the new patients to search for videos based on their level of injury, ASIA level, completeness of the injury, and SCI complications, among other things. The website would also allow writers and bloggers to share with the world their knowledge or story. For patients or family members with a language barrier, the website would allow subtitles in many languages as well. To make this happen, we're looking forward to building a team with individuals who would be willing to help the SCI community all around the globe. We're also looking for SCI individuals who would be willing to contribute with their homemade videos and/or articles related to SCI, and organizations which could bridge such individuals with this project. We would be able to provide an email address and a profile page for the contributors on our domain name. (e.g. x...@scivideoblog.com). In order to focus better on the needs of the SCI individuals, we have put together a 2-3 minutes survey. I would really appreciate it if you could fill it out and forward it to other SCI individuals. The link to the survey is: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1F0cT75bS5jmQ4OvD9HPK-VKTjqlKT-X87_XvMzyqJa0/viewform. I would really appreciate if you could help us reach out to SCI patients and potential volunteers, and get this project started. This would help the entire SCI community tremendously. If you have any comments or suggestions, or would like to be a part of our team, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Website (Coming soon page): www.scivideoblog.com Prototype: www.scivideoblog.com/prototype Survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1F0cT75bS5jmQ4OvD9HPK-VKTjqlKT-X87_XvMzyqJa0/viewform A little about myself: My name is Ather Sharif and I’m a C5/C6 quadriplegic. I got injured on March 15th, 2013 as a result of a car accident and was a patient at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia. I’m a graduate student at University of North Dakota but have relocated to Philly since my accident. Currently, I’m a part of the Patient and Staff Advisory Council at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Night of Champions Committee at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, SCI Recreation Group at Magee Outpatient Center, and Philadelphia Eagles Quad Rugby Team. I’m also helping various organizations/individuals with their websites, databases and software development and maintenance. My future endeavors include being a part of the Peer Mentor Program at Christopher Reeve Foundation, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital and ABC Medical, and going back to school to complete my graduate degree. Regards,
Ather Sharif Co-Founder, Contributor & Blogger Spinal Cord Injury Video Blog +1 701.610.9061 www.athersharif.com www.scivideoblog.com ather.sha...@scivideoblog.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/athersharif
