A Scoliosis Story: When do beginnings start? | Nadia Alshaibani | TEDxYouth@AMS

How do you recover from an 8-hour spinal fusion? Pills? IV drip? Therapy? In Nadia Alshaibani’s talk, she takes you through her scoliosis journey as she challenges the belief behind “new beginnings”. She believes that prevention is always better than cure and Nadia has made it her mission to educate the world on this invisible illness. How do you recover from an 8-hour spinal fusion? Pills? IV drip? Therapy? In Nadia’s talk, she takes you through her scoliosis journey as she challenges the belief behind “new beginnings”. Nadia is a 16-year-old Emirati junior at Al Mawakeb School. She believes that prevention is always better than cure and has made it her mission to educate the world on this invisible illness. Nadia is passionate about giving back to her community. She strongly believes in changing the world one day at a time and hopes her talk will embed in your hearts. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx