Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli: In our baby's illness, a life lesson
Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli: Na doença do nosso bebé, uma lição de vida
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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durante oito meses.
devido a isso.
podia ter no corpo do Mario
e uma impressora
para imprimir um documento,
o lado esquerdo
a informação correcta
o seu nascimento teve
este tipo de deficiências
pela primeira vez:
do que nós?"
da nossa vida,
para nós próprios
em toda a sua vida.
mudámos a nossa vida.
o guia de neurónios-espelho.
a fazer isto com o Mário.
diz simplesmente
a realizar as acções.
em termos de reabilitação.
não com uma perspectiva positiva.
como uma oportunidade para melhorar.
podemos passar ao Mario?"
que podemos.
Não é essa a mensagem,
a aprendizagem principal,
o Mario nos conduziu,
como uma dádiva
como uma oportunidade.
partilhar convosco.
do mundo com ele.
RD: Thank you. Bye.
RD'A: Obrigado. Adeus.
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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