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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.48,0:00:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Francesca Fedeli: Ciao.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.38,0:00:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he's Mario. He's our son.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.93,0:00:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was born two and a half years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.79,0:00:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a pretty tough pregnancy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had to stay still\Nin a bed for, like, eight months.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.15,0:00:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the end everything\Nseemed to be under control.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.21,0:00:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he got the right weight at birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.07,0:00:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He got the right Apgar index.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.21,0:00:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were pretty reassured by this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.30,0:00:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the end, 10 days\Nlater after he was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.15,0:00:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we discovered that he had a stroke.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.70,0:00:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you might know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.57,0:00:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a stroke is a brain injury.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.13,0:00:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A perinatal stroke could be something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.84,0:00:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can happen\Nduring the nine months of pregnancy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.76,0:00:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just suddenly after the birth,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.35,0:00:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in his case, as you can see,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.25,0:00:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right part of his brain has gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.44,0:01:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the effect that this stroke\Ncould have on Mario's body
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.93,0:01:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be the fact that he couldn't\Nbe able to control
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.17,0:01:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the left side of his body.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.95,0:01:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine, if you have\Na computer and a printer
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.78,0:01:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to transmit,\Nto input to print out a document,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.96,0:01:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the printer doesn't\Nhave the right drives,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.41,0:01:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the same is for Mario.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.19,0:01:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like,\Nhe would like to move his left side
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.21,0:01:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his body, but he's not able\Nto transmit the right input
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.16,0:01:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to move his left arm and left leg.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.04,0:01:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So life had to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.28,0:01:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We needed to change our schedule.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.32,0:01:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We needed to change the impact\Nthat this birth had
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.23,0:01:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.94,0:01:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roberto D'Angelo: As you may imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.94,0:01:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, we were not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.24,0:01:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody taught us how to deal\Nwith such kinds of disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.29,0:01:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as many questions as possible started
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.38,0:02:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come to our minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.31,0:02:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that has been really a tough time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.34,0:02:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Questions, some basics, like, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.64,0:02:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why did this happen to us?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.82,0:02:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what went wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.81,0:02:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some more tough, like, really,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.31,0:02:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what will be the impact on Mario's life?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.02,0:02:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, at the end,\Nwill he be able to work?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.14,0:02:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will he be able to be normal?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.60,0:02:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, as a parent,\Nespecially for the first time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.82,0:02:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is he not going to be better than us?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.26,0:02:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this, indeed, really is tough to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.54,0:02:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a few months later, we realized that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.33,0:02:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were really feeling like a failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.59,0:02:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the only real product of our life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.61,0:02:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end, was a failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.45,0:02:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, it was not a failure\Nfor ourselves in itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.38,0:02:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was a failure\Nthat will impact his full life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.11,0:02:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honestly, we went down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.89,0:02:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean we went really\Ndown, but at the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.42,0:02:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started to look at him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.32,0:02:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we said, we have to react.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.56,0:03:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So immediately, as Francesca\Nsaid, we changed our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.44,0:03:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started physiotherapy,\Nwe started the rehabilitation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.90,0:03:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the paths\Nthat we were following
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.97,0:03:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of rehabilitation\Nis the mirror neurons pilot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.98,0:03:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, we spent months\Ndoing this with Mario.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.77,0:03:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have an object, and we showed him
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.61,0:03:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to grab the object.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.63,0:03:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the theory of mirror\Nneurons simply says
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.22,0:03:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in your brains, exactly\Nnow, as you watch me doing this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.39,0:03:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are activating\Nexactly the same neurons
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.90,0:03:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if you do the actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.14,0:03:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like this is the leading\Nedge in terms of rehabilitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.13,0:03:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one day we found that Mario
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.98,0:03:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not looking at our hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.36,0:03:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was looking at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.93,0:03:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were his mirror.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.13,0:03:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the problem, as you might feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.18,0:03:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we were down, we were depressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.62,0:03:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were looking at him as a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.99,0:03:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not as a son, not\Nfrom a positive perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.50,0:04:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that day really\Nchanged our perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.74,0:04:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We realized that we had to become
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.06,0:04:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a better mirror for Mario.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.63,0:04:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We restarted from our strengths,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.71,0:04:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time\Nwe restarted from his strengths.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.42,0:04:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stopped looking at him as a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.12,0:04:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we started to look at him\Nas an opportunity to improve.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.52,0:04:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And really, this was the change,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.07,0:04:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from our side, we said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.23,0:04:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are our strengths\Nthat we really can bring to Mario?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.38,0:04:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we started from our passions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.98,0:04:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, at the end, my wife and myself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.81,0:04:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are quite different,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.03,0:04:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have many things in common.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.12,0:04:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We love to travel, we love music,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.34,0:04:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we love to be in places like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.18,0:04:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we started to bring Mario with us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.27,0:04:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to show to him the best\Nthings that we can show to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.97,0:04:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This short video is from last week.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.17,0:04:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not saying --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.77,0:04:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) —
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.62,0:04:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not saying it's a miracle.\NThat's not the message,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.26,0:05:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are just\Nat the beginning of the path.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.81,0:05:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we want to share\Nwhat was the key learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.43,0:05:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the key learning that Mario drove to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.72,0:05:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is to consider\Nwhat you have as a gift
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.06,0:05:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not only what you miss,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.75,0:05:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to consider what you\Nmiss just as an opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.94,0:05:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the message\Nthat we want to share with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.58,0:05:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why we are here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.32,0:05:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mario!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.24,0:05:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is why --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.100,0:05:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) —
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.60,0:05:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is why
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.82,0:05:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we decided to share the best\Nmirror in the world with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.31,0:05:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we thank you so much, all of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.24,0:05:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FF: Thank you. RD: Thank you. Bye.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.36,0:05:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.20,0:05:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,FF: Thank you. (Applause)