Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli: In our baby's illness, a life lesson
Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli: De ziekte van onze baby, een levensles
Roberto D'Angelo and Francesca Fedeli created the social enterprise FightTheStroke.org to open up a dialogue about the devastating effects of strokes at a young age. This issue is important to them for a simple reason: because they've been through it themselves with their son Mario. Full bio
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Hij is onze zoon.
bedrust voorgeschreven.
10 dagen na de geboorte
de negen maanden durende zwangerschap
van deze beroerte op Mario's lichaam
en een printer hebt
om een document uit te printen,
en linkerarm te bewegen.
die zijn geboorte
Je kunt je misschien voorstellen
met dit soort handicaps om moesten gaan.
als een mislukking voor onszelf,
veranderden we ons leven direct.
is het spiegelneuronenexperiment.
is het spiegelneuronenexperiment.
en wij laten hem zien
zegt simpelweg
als je mij dit ziet doen,
niet vanuit een positief perspectief.
vanuit zijn kracht.
als een mogelijkheid te verbeteren.
die we kunnen overbrengen op Mario?"
die we hem kunnen laten zien.
Dat is niet de boodschap,
van ons leerproces delen,
dat Mario dichter bij ons heeft gebracht.
juist als een mogelijkheid.
die we met jullie willen delen.
met hem te delen.
RD: Thank you. Bye.
Dank jullie wel. Dag.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli - ParentsRoberto D'Angelo and Francesca Fedeli created the social enterprise FightTheStroke.org to open up a dialogue about the devastating effects of strokes at a young age. This issue is important to them for a simple reason: because they've been through it themselves with their son Mario.
Why you should listen
When Roberto D'Angelo and Francesca Fedeli’s son, Mario, was just 10 days old, he was diagnosed as having had a perinatal stroke in the right side of his brain, which left him unable to move the left side of his body. Through mirror neuron rehabilitation, Mario is now 5 years old and has greatly improved motion.
The tech-savvy couple founded FightTheStroke.org to gather and share the experiences of families who have been affected by all types of infant and childhood strokes. The social movement wants to open up a dialogue about the devastating effects of this traumatic event, advocating for young stroke survivors and using technology and open medicine as enablers for their better future. Together, as a family, they’re promoting the awareness of this story as motivational speakers at events like TED, they're proud ambassaros of TEDMED in Italy and promoters of the first Medicine Hackathon in Italy, aimed to regroup the leading experts on Medicine and Innovation. Roberto is Director for Online Learning at Microsoft Italy, while Francesca currently focuses her management expertise in the FightTheStroke.org project, and they are developing an innovative rehabilitation platform based on Mirror Neurons. Francesca also acts as a member of various Board of Patients Associations, became an Eisenhower Fellow in 2014 and the first Ashoka Fellow in Italy in 2015.
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