FightTheStroke

Founded by a tech-savvy couple living in Milan, Italy, and since 2011, by their son, Mario. While their baby initially seemed healthy, when he was just 10 days old, he was diagnosed as having had a perinatal stroke in the right side of his brain. The stroke left him unable to move the left side of his body. The D’Angelos have used mirror neuron rehabilitation to help Mario regain movement. Today, Mario is 10-years-old and has greatly improved motion. FightTheStroke.org is now a movement aimed to gather and share the experiences of families who’ve been affected by all types of juvenile strokes. The social movement wants to open up a dialogue about the devastating effects of strokes at young age and to advocate for young stroke survivors and their caregivers. This issue is important to the founders for a simple reason: because they've been through it themselves, with their son Mario. Together, as a family, and thanks to the support of a very proactive community, they’re promoting the awareness of this story at events like TED Global (Edimburgh, Scotland, June 2013), Ciudad de las Ideas (Puebla, Mexico, November 2013), Doctors 2.0 (Paris, France, June 2014).