The Comedian Paolo Ruffini: Battling a Degenerative Disease and Promoting Social Awareness

The announcement upsets social media: Ruffini is ready to tell about his battle against the degenerative disease.

appears smiling in the video he recently posted on Instagram; however the declaration of the comic and TV presenter Paolo Ruffini gave a lot to whom thinkgiven the severity of the situation.

Ruffini, born in Livorno, after the beginning completely amateurs with the film association Nido del Cuculo, organizer of festivals but also YouTube channel for redubbing parodistic of clips from famous Hollywood movies, he exploded with the host of the comedy program Colorado on Italia 1, flanked by the then emerging Belen Rodriguez.

Character loved for his fluency typically Tuscan, with its contagious smile and presence charismatic Ruffini is capable of conveying emotions intense on the small and big screen.

behind his character outgoing however, there is a will to do awareness on difficult topics, too often ignored. So here’s what Ruffini does avanti to talk about a topic very dear to him…

Laughter as an end and as a means: Ruffini and social battles

Paolo Ruffini is not involved in initiatives of this kind new. For years, in fact, the comedian from Livorno has been collaborating with the Mayor Von Frinzius theater company, partly made up of actors disabledwith which he created and staged the shows “Un grande abbraccio” and “Up & Down”, from which a documentary film in 2018.

In addition to the commitment social to normalize and integrate the disability Ruffini has decided to devote himself to a battle that comes too often left aside: the one against SMA, o Spinal muscular atrophya degenerative disease that also affects individuals young and which leads to a progressive deterioration of muscle strength, affecting the ability to movebreathe and carry out daily activities.

A new adventure for Paolo: the testimonies collected

With the video posted on Instagram Ruffini announced his own collaboration with the Biogen company, which operates in the field of neuroscience, with the National UILDM research association and the NGO Famiglie SMA, for years busy in creating more awareness about this disease.

The message that Ruffini intends to launch is also of hope: “Today with this pathology you can look at futuredreams can come true and chase ambitions.”, he wrote. “Soon I will have thehonor to give you beautiful testimonials as you can imagine from big and become one for all intents and purposes. It will be a thrilling journey and important.”