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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.00,0:00:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Francesca Fedeli: Ciao.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he's Mario. He's our son.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was born two and a half years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a pretty tough pregnancy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had to stay still in a bed for, like, eight months.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the end everything seemed to be under control.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he got the right weight at birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.00,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He got the right Apgar index.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.00,0:00:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were pretty reassured by this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.00,0:00:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the end, 10 days later after he was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.00,0:00:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we discovered that he had a stroke.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.00,0:00:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you might know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.00,0:00:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a stroke is a brain injury.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A perinatal stroke could be something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can happen during the nine months of pregnancy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.00,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just suddenly after the birth,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in his case, as you can see,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right part of his brain has gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.00,0:01:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the effect that this stroke could have on Mario's body
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be the fact that he couldn't be able to control
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the left side of his body.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine, if you have a computer and a printer
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.00,0:01:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to transmit, to input to print out a document,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.00,0:01:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the printer doesn't have the right drives,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the same is for Mario.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.00,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like, he would like to move his left side
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his body, but he's not able to transmit the right input
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to move his left arm and left leg.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.00,0:01:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So life had to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.00,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We needed to change our schedule.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We needed to change the impact that this birth had
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.00,0:01:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roberto D'Angelo: As you may imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.00,0:01:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, we were not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.00,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody taught us how to deal with such kinds of disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:01:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as many questions as possible started
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.00,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come to our minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that has been really a tough time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Questions, some basics, like, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.00,0:02:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why did this happen to us?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.00,0:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what went wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.00,0:02:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some more tough, like, really,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.00,0:02:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what will be the impact on Mario's life?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.00,0:02:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, at the end, will he be able to work?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.00,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will he be able to be normal?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, as a parent, especially for the first time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.00,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is he not going to be better than us?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this, indeed, really is tough to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a few months later, we realized that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.00,0:02:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were really feeling like a failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.00,0:02:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the only real product of our life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.00,0:02:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end, was a failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.00,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, it was not a failure for ourselves in itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was a failure that will impact his full life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.00,0:02:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honestly, we went down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.00,0:02:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean we went really down, but at the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.00,0:02:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started to look at him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.00,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we said, we have to react.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.00,0:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So immediately, as Francesca said, we changed our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started physiotherapy, we started the rehabilitation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.00,0:03:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the paths that we were following
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.00,0:03:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of rehabilitation is the mirror neurons pilot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.00,0:03:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, we spent months doing this with Mario.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.00,0:03:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have an object, and we showed him
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.00,0:03:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to grab the object.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the theory of mirror neurons simply says
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.00,0:03:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in your brains, exactly now, as you watch me doing this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.00,0:03:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are activating exactly the same neurons
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.00,0:03:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if you do the actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.00,0:03:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like this is the leading edge in terms of rehabilitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.00,0:03:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one day we found that Mario
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not looking at our hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.00,0:03:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was looking at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were his mirror.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.00,0:03:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the problem, as you might feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.00,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we were down, we were depressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.00,0:03:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were looking at him as a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.00,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not as a son, not from a positive perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that day really changed our perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.00,0:04:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We realized that we had to become
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.00,0:04:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a better mirror for Mario.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.00,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We restarted from our strengths,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time we restarted from his strengths.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.00,0:04:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stopped looking at him as a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.00,0:04:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we started to look at him as an opportunity to improve.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.00,0:04:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And really, this was the change,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.00,0:04:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from our side, we said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.00,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are our strengths that we really can bring to Mario?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we started from our passions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, at the end, my wife and myself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.00,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are quite different,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.00,0:04:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have many things in common.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.00,0:04:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We love to travel, we love music,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.00,0:04:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we love to be in places like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.00,0:04:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we started to bring Mario with us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.00,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to show to him the best things that we can show to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This short video is from last week.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.00,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not saying --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) —
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.00,0:04:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not saying it's a miracle. That's not the message,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.00,0:05:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are just at the beginning of the path.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.00,0:05:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we want to share what was the key learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.00,0:05:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the key learning that Mario drove to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.00,0:05:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is to consider what you have as a gift
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.00,0:05:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not only what you miss,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.00,0:05:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to consider what you miss just as an opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.00,0:05:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the message that we want to share with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.00,0:05:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why we are here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mario!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.00,0:05:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is why --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.00,0:05:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) —
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.00,0:05:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is why
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.00,0:05:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we decided to share the best mirror in the world with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.00,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we thank you so much, all of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FF: Thank you.\NRD: Thank you. Bye.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.00,0:05:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.00,0:05:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FF: Thank you. (Applause)