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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Friends, <br>
As you recall, my two-year old daughter, Sarah Jane Donohue, was shaken by
her baby nurse when she was only 5 days old breaking both collar bones, three
ribs, and causing a severe brain injury. <br>
<br>
Since then, we have been working very hard with her to overcome her pediatric
traumatic brain injury (PTBI). Her development is slow but we continue to see
improvements. Over the past two years it has become clear the field of
neuroscience and specifically pediatric neurorehabilitation is still in its
infancy (think of the computer science industry in the 1960s and 1970s). With
that in mind, we launched The Sarah Jane Brain Project on </span></font>Monday, October 22, 2007. The Sarah Jane Brain Project is bringing researchers, medical
and therapy professionals, and parents together to collaborate on the efforts
to rehabilitate our children. Using the principles of Open Source for the
first time, we are making medical and research history with this project. <br>
<br>
Please visit the website <a href="http://www.thebrainproject.org/">www.TheBrainProject.org</a>
to get a better understanding of our efforts. <br>
<br>
In addition, if you have friends, family or colleagues who are in one of the
categories below, please forward this to them - they will be very interested
in this project: <br>
<br>
1) Parents or guardians of children suffering from Pediatric Traumatic Brain
Injury or other brain injuries<br>
2) Researchers and students in the field of neuroscience, neuroinformatics or
neurorehabilitation<br>
3) Doctors, therapists, and other professionals working with children
suffering from PTBI or other brain injuries<br>
4) Media who cover children's health, medicine, neurology or technology <br>
<br>
Below is a copy of the press release (and here is the link to the release: <a
href="http://www.thebrainproject.org/press/Press%20Release%20(10-22-07)%20-%20The%20Sarah%20Jane%20Brain%20Project%20Changes%20Rehabilitation%20For%20Children%20with%20Brain%20Injuries.pdf">Click
here.</a>). <br>
<br>
Please let me know your thoughts, any comments about the website and project,
and any constructive advice. Thank you in advance for taking the time and
please continue to keep Sarah Jane in your thoughts and prayers - they are
working! <br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Patrick <br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Patrick B. Donohue, Esq.<br>
The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, Inc.<br>
181 Broadway - </span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Suite</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> 300</span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'><br>
</span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>New York</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, </span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>NY</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>10007</span></i><br>
<br>
<br>
P.S. If you would like to be removed from future emails, please click <a
href="mailto:remove@thebrainproject.org">remove</a>.<br>
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Foundation, Inc.</span></font></b></h3>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>For Release: </span></font>Monday, October 22, 2007</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact: </span></font>Patrick Donohue<br>
212-201-0599 / 917-681-5797 (cell)<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:Patrick@thebrainproject.org">Patrick@thebrainproject.org</a></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The Sarah Jane Brain
Project Changes Rehabilitation For Children With Brain Injuries</span></font></b></h2>
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Using the Principles of Open Source for the First Time,
www.TheBrainProject.org, Creates New Portal for Parents and Professionals
Dealing With Children Suffering From Traumatic Brain Injuries</span></font></i></p>
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New York, NY - October 22, 2007 - The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation launched
the first phase of The Sarah Jane Brain Project through the web portal <a
href="http://www.TheBrainProject.org">www.TheBrainProject.org</a> at a press
conference in New York City today. The site uses the principles of Open
Source with a person's medical records for the first time in history and aims
to bring parents and professionals dealing with children suffering from
Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (PTBI) together in an open and free forum.
The first phase displays Sarah Jane Donohue as the model for Open Source
Medicine by freely and completely disseminating all of Sarah Jane's medical
records and videos of therapy treatments. This first phase will recruit
additional children suffering from PTBI from around the world to be part of
the Project and recruit parents and professionals from around the world to be
part of the different Advisory Boards being established. Sarah Jane Donohue
is! a two-year old who was shaken by her baby nurse when she was only five
days old and suffered a severe brain injury. <br>
<br>
"As a father of a two-year old daughter suffering from pediatric
traumatic brain injury, I am very optimistic about creating a collaborative
environment so we can see our children reach their maximum potential,"
Sarah Jane Donohue's father, Patrick said at the press conference today.
"With today's technology, we can easily create communication between a
research scientist in </span></font>Switzerland, a physical therapist in Florida,
and a parent in Toronto to find the best practical advice and direction for
our children. By putting all of Sarah Jane's information on <a
href="http://www.TheBrainProject.org">www.TheBrainProject.org</a> we are
using the principles of Open Source for the first time to create an open,
free forum." <br>
<br>
"There are tens of thousands of children across the United States and
around the world who are suffering from the impact of a traumatic brain
injury. The Sarah Jane Brain Project will help families help their
children," said Darryl Gibbs, the Co-founder of the Cynthia Gibbs
Foundation which advocates reducing incidents of child abuse and neglect and
raises awareness about Shaken Baby Syndrome. "The website <a
href="http://www.TheBrainProject.org">www.TheBrainProject.org</a> will
quickly become the most important site for these families." <br>
<br>
"The Sarah Jane Brain Project will change the paradigm of partnership
between parents and professionals," said Margaret Mikol, Executive
Director of SKIP of New York, a not-for-profit advocacy and case management
agency for families of developmentally disabled children. "By using Open
Source principles, The Sarah Jane Brain Project creates an atmosphere of
shared interests - parents, professionals, and researchers - all working to
enrich the lives of these children and their families." <br>
<br>
The largest killer and disabler of our children each year is brain injuries.
Every year 1,000,000 kids are taken to emergency rooms with traumatic and
non-traumatic brain injuries and an estimated 30,000 children become
permanently disabled every year due to brain injuries. The Sarah Jane Brain
Project is working to assist the rehabilitation of these children by bringing
together research, medical and therapeutic professionals along with the
parents and guardians of these children in a free and open online forum, <a
href="http://www.TheBrainProject.org">www.TheBrainProject.org</a>. This forum
will be the first time the principles of open source will be used dealing
directly with people. </p>
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