Pamela De Rosa
Pamela De Rosa
| «I am not my disability but it is thanks to it that I learned to be who I am, a strong person, capable of creating new horizons and new abilities for myself» |
| Pamela De Rosa | |
| Pamela De Rosa appeared in an article on “Le disabilità invisibili”, year 2020 | |
| National Counselor of APMARR APS | |
| In office | |
| From | October 30, 2020 |
| Personal details | |
| Alma Mater | Diploma Liceo Scientifico Linguistico |
| Profession | Employed in the aeronautical field, activist |
Pamela De Rosa (Milan, June 13, 1981) is an Italian employee in the aeronautical field, a volunteer, writer, former politician and activist for human and civil rights.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Activism
- 1.2 Political Activity
- 2 Books
- 3 Notes
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Biography
Pamela was born in Milan, to Nicola, an employee of the local police in the municipality of Rho, who died in 2015 from an aggressive form of gastric cancer, not before receiving a solemn commendation from the Municipality of Rho, and Maria, an employee in a company in the Milan hinterland, who died in 2018 from an intestinal heart attack complicating an already complex systemic picture caused by a rheumatological disease.
She has two sisters: Paola, the eldest, and Tania, the youngest.
The origins of her parents are from Puglia and Basilicata, of which she is very proud and maintains the traditions, especially culinary.
Pamela De Rosa was born healthy but at about 10 months, due to a streptococcus infection, she had convulsions and rheumatic fevers. These convulsions worsened after contracting an aggressive form of measles.
From an early age she had to deal with pain, which however did not prevent her from practicing numerous sports: volleyball, basketball, athletics and above all rhythmic gymnastics, sponsored by REDE of Parabiago (MI).
She obtained a merit scholarship at the Romano Rancilio school in Villastanza of Parabiago. Subsequently, she embarked on a path to scientific high school because her wish was to become a doctor, a wish which did not come true due to her mother's serious health problems which forced her to enter the world of work to support the family. She is extremely proud of her choice.
Around the age of twenty, her health problems worsened and Pamela had to face numerous visits to get a diagnosis, which never officially arrived.
In 2018, after numerous tests, she was diagnosed with a form of connective tissue disease, which in a few months caused damage to the musculoskeletal system with walking problems.
She undertook the therapies that led to a stabilization of the disease.
She works full-time at Lufthansa Technik Milan srl as an employee. She is very satisfied with her working life and the sensitivity that the company has for invisible disabilities.
She loves cooking, even though illness often prevents her from doing so. She has 3 cats, she loves animals, and to travel because she wants to learn about cultures that are different from her own.
In 2021 she got married in a civil ceremony after four years of relationship.
Activism
She is a volunteer at APMARR, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH RHEUMATOLOGICAL AND RARE DISEASES and at the LUCA COSCIONI ASSOCIATION.
With APMARR, for which she is national councilor, she has participated in various projects, such as "Passione Accesa", "good to eat" and has held some lessons on the subject of invisible disabilities in some schools of her Region.
She is also active in her municipality of residence, Somma Lombardo (VA), in the accessible city advisory commission, doing her utmost to remove cultural barriers regarding invisible disabilities.
She has done her utmost to collaborate with the institutions to resolve the particular situations that people with disabilities face regarding the difficulty for disabled parking stalls.
She is a speaker at RAINBOW DIVERSAMENTE RADIO to bring to light the difficulties of people with disabilities in dealing with entertainment or leisure events in general and, of course, Invisible Disability, with her weekly radio show “Le disabilità Invisibili”.
With the Luca Coscioni Association she participated in the collection of signatures as a promoter in her area for the Legal Euthanasia Referendum and in some conferences on Invisible Disabilities.
With the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme Limited she fights for the Sunflower Lanyard to enter the culture of citizenship to make visible disabilities that are not visible at first sight.
Political activity
For about 10 years Pamela De Rosa actively participated in the political life of the city of Parabiago, first in the Sinistra Giovanile, then in the Democratici di Sinistra, finally, through Rosa nel Pugno in the PSI, where she obtained a candidacy for the Chamber of Deputies in 2008 [1].
Honours
In 2022 she was awarded the title of Cavaliere al Merito of the Italian Republic [2].
Books
- Pamela De Rosa, Suoni nella brezza, Il Mio Libro, Edizione ebook (rif: 5b3cc5d891b6036c45000027), Edizione cartacea (rif: 1222709)
Notes
https://www.repubblica.it/speciale/2008/elezioni/camera/popup/popup_lombardia1_psocialista.html
https://www.pubblicanow.it/2023/03/21/pamela-de-rosa-cavaliere-al-mertio-della-repubblica-italiana/
References
- Disabilità
External Links
- Sito ufficiale, su https://www.pameladerosa.it
- Pamela De Rosa, su APMARR https://www.apmarr.it/chi-siamo/il-team-di-apmarr/.
- Registrazioni di Pamela De Rosa, su RadioRadicale.it, https://www.radioradicale.it/soggetti/242310/pamela-de-rosa.
- Pamela De Rosa, su Referendum Eutanasia Legale https://referendum.eutanasialegale.it/lombardia/
- Pamela De Rosa, su IL GIORNO
- Pamela De Rosa, su PENSALIBERO https://www.pensalibero.it/donne-e-politica-la-parita%E2%80%99-non-sia-solo-numerica/?amp.
- Pamela De Rosa, su IL POST https://www.ilpost.it/2023/02/07/disabilita-invisibili-nastro-segnalare/
- Pamela De Rosa, su IL POST https://www.ilpost.it/2023/02/07/disabilita-invisibili-nastro-segnalare/
References
This article "Pamela De Rosa" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Pamela De Rosa. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
