24/11/2025
What do Pinocchio and a wheelchair have in common? 🤥🦽
Much more than you might imagine.
On November 24, 1826, Carlo Collodi, the father of Pinocchio, was born. Reflecting on his masterpiece today, we can't help but find a deep connection—a powerful metaphor that we see repeated in the stories of so many of our users.
The fable tells the story of a puppet who feels trapped in a rigid body, made of a material he initially perceives as a limit.
Pinocchio dreams of being "normal," of breaking free from that wood to become a "real boy."
It is a journey we know well.
Often, those facing a new disability experience an initial phase of rejection: the wheelchair is seen as that rigid wood, a foreign shell.
But Collodi's great lesson is that you don't need magic to be happy.
Pinocchio finds his way thanks to Geppetto's love and, above all, through an inner journey of acceptance.
He discovers that his worth does not depend on the material he is made of.
In the same way, we believe that true freedom lies not in erasing disability, but in embracing one's uniqueness. When self-acceptance meets the support of loved ones, the "rigidity" disappears.
The wheelchair stops being a cage and becomes wings. It becomes the tool that allows you to express who you really are.
Today we celebrate Collodi and the lesson he left us: it is not our body that defines us, but the spirit with which we move through the world.
