CONSIDER WHAT YOU HAVE AS A GIFT AND WHAT YOU ARE MISSING AS AN OPPORTUNITY

OUR STORY BEGAN WITH THE BIRTH OF MARIO AND OF OUR FAMILY, BUT ONLY IN 2013 WE WERE ABLE TO TELL ABOUT US ON A TED GLOBAL STAGE, A KIND OF THERAPY THAT ACCOMPANIES US STILL TODAY: THIS IS OUR STORY.

BIO

Francesca Fedeli and Roberto D'Angelo are the co-founders of FightTheStroke.org, a foundation that supports the cause of young stroke survivors and children with Cerebral Palsy, as their little Mario.

Their story is told in the Book "Fight and Smile", published by Sperling & Kupfer in 2015 and translated into German for Bastei Lubbe in 2018.

The Early diagnosis and new rehabilitation techniques based on the concept of Mirror Neurons and on the application of technology to medicine, represent only some of the battles carried out by FightTheStroke, a movement that continues to make its story known through world-wide resonance events such as the TED Global (2013) and the World Business Forum (2015).

FightTheStroke actively participates in the international conversations on scientific and social innovation and is part of the Board of Directors of the International Alliance for Pediatric Stroke; it has been selected as a finalist for many local and international awards, including the Eisenhower Fellowship for Innovation (2014), the first Ashoka Fellowship (2015) and the Italian global Good Fund Fellowship (2017), becoming part of the largest global network of social entrepreneurs.

FightTheStroke is TEDMED Ambassador for the Live event 2014-2015-2016-2017-2018-2020, promoter of the first Hackathon in Medicine in Italy and in 2017 supported the opening of the first Neonatal and Pediatric Stroke Center in Italy, in collaboration with the Gaslini Hospital in Genoa.

Pictures in this website were taken by professional photographers and is therefore not allowed to use them without the consent of the FightTheStroke Foundation.

Credits: Andrea Ruggeri and Shoot for Change | TED Global 2013 Pictures on Flickr | Gifted Citizen Award 2013 Pictures on Flickr | Doctors 2.0 2014 Pictures on Flick