Giulia, the paraplegic blogger who travels the world and loves life every second

Giulia's story is a series of emotions. Collected in the blog My travels: the hard Truth , on her Instagram profile , and in her books. The hardest moments began after the accident, when Giulia spent nine months in the hospital diagnosed with incomplete paraplegia. It was long enough for her to never walk again. But right in the darkest phase, this courageous girl's life took a turn: among the people who supported her in the hospital was a young physiotherapist, Andrea Decarlini, a second-year student and an intern in the very same department where Giulia was hospitalized. A year passed, during which Andrea courted Giulia assiduously, and finally, one day when they were together at the Paris airport, he proposed and she accepted. Today Giulia and Andrea are an iron couple, with their children, Sophie and Ethan, and also in the business they have created together around the blog.

The blog's content isn't just for inspiration: it includes practical advice on how to navigate accessible (or inaccessible) transfers, flights, and destinations, and offers an authentic perspective on the daily lives of people with disabilities. Building on her popularity, Giulia has launched campaigns and awareness messages on the rights of wheelchair users , such as the fight for adequate amenities on airplanes and more sensitive airline procedures.

Giulia has written two books, both published by DeAgostini, in which she tells her story in the round:

• I promise I will give you the world: An autobiographical text in which he retraces his personal journey, from disability to travel, with a message of resilience and freedom.
• A journey that speaks of you: here's Giulia She talks in particular about her year-long project traveling around the world with her family, with all the adventures and difficulties related to motherhood and disability.
  Furthermore Giulia is TEDx speaker, where he talked about overcoming one's limits and transforming them into resources.

Giulia says: "Travel has become a way to feel alive, a calling. I get moving, I set off, and I say to myself, 'See, you're capable of doing this too?'" Traveling I also learned to listen to my body, whereas after the accident I was ashamed and saw flaws even when they didn't exist." In Giulia's philosophy, the ideal testimonial of a life that wastes nothing even in its dramatic moments, there is a beautiful phrase that should be engraved: "When you understand what you can't do, you also understand everything you can still do."

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