Ilariathirty years old from Canosa di Puglia, affected by SMA 2 (spinal muscular atrophy) she married Hilariontwenty-eight years old policeman for a few months on duty in the Barletta-Andria-Trani police station.
Love conquers all. Even on prejudices which links disability with loneliness, even with a look of pity or sympathy directed at people who are born with (or develop) a pathology that leads to severe disabilities. So, for once, we want to try to tell this beautiful love story like any other, one of many, and not special because it also deals with disability. So that those stereotypes can be overcome, even in journalistic stories, making disability the obstacle to overcome, while reversing the facts – full of potential.
The wedding in Trani
The wedding, which crowned the couple’s love story, was held beautifully monastery of Santa Maria di Colonna of the city where the groom was born, Trani, festively decorated with the corpses decorated with white flowers and soft lights to frame the moment. Amidst the applause and a few emotional tears – according to the manual – from friends, colleagues and family, who they paid tribute to their band, testifying to the affection and support of a united community. All filmed and then spread on their social channels by the staff of the Police Headquarters, who wanted to celebrate the wedding of their policeman with his beloved. The police commissioner of the sixth province of Puglia, Alfredo Fabbrocini, also took part in the celebration, and the couple was even congratulated by the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who shared a screenshot of the Repubblica article about their wedding on her Facebook profile.
The spouses
A strong feeling that was, of course, shared by the newlyweds: “From our first meeting, we have a close bond – says Ilarione excitedly -. It may be paradoxical but Ilaria’s disability has always been an aspect that made me think about how much life, with its thousand aspects, has managed to give me someone like my wife, who can understand me and yes, like me vision without labelsmore self-awareness and compassion for others”.
Ilaria, who is originally from Canosa, is fighting theType 2 spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disease that particularly affects the lower limbs and respiratory muscles. But in a white dress, like every bride on her wedding day, player of the Golden Oaks Bisceglie (power chair football club), and former member of the national council of.Assam (Association for the study of childhood spinal muscular atrophy), Ilaria was beautiful.