A wheelchair accessible
assessor Zhao Hongcheng uses video to change the life trajectory of disabled friends
At the end of 2021, "Dachengzi Good Sister", the UP host of station B, appeared on CCTV's Newsweek as a barrier-free evaluator, sparking heated discussions about "building a barrier-free society".
This post-90s girl is named Zhao Hongcheng, from Shaodong, Hunan.
At the age of 1, she was unable to walk due to the sequelae of poliomyelitis. Since then, the wheelchair has become a part of her body. She completed all the courses from elementary school to postgraduate in the wheelchair, and after graduation, she joined Alibaba, NetEase, and the United States. Group and other large factories.
Although there are many inconveniences in travel, Da Chengzi, who has a cheerful personality, likes to use the camera to record his travel process: taking the high-speed rail, taking the subway, going to the mall, watching exhibitions, traveling in a wheelchair... One by one, the vivid and real life states, let her He has gained many loyal fans and changed the life trajectory of many disabled friends.
Seeing the world from a new perspective, the camera records the real life of the disabled
On January 8, 2019, Da Chengzi updated his first video at station B.
During the New Year's Day holiday of that year, when she traveled to Guangzhou with her friends, an idea suddenly flashed in her mind - to record the trip on video, if you encounter difficulties in the middle, it can also let more people know that people with disabilities may face difficulties when traveling. The problem.
Since then, she has been documenting experiences on camera as a way to bring the real lives of people with disabilities to the public.
Dachengzi is one of the few disabled UP masters in station B. As she wrote in the introduction of station B: "Looking at the world from a new perspective", she will use her own experience to tell everyone what the disabled are experiencing.
In the past three years, "Sister Dachengzi" has posted a total of 68 videos at station B, from travel exhibitions to wheelchair evaluations, from work area renovations to municipal proposals, from swimming and fitness to love guides... She hopes to pass these The videos let the public understand the real life situation of people with disabilities.
Although she has made more than 60 episodes of videos, what really made her "fire" out of the circle are the two episodes of "Annual Red List and Black List of Wheelchair Travel" released at the end of November 2021. The two episodes of video were broadcast on Weibo. The volume was nearly 5.4 million, and it once rushed to the second place in the video hot list VLOG list.
In the video, when she went to a well-known bookstore and art exhibition in Shanghai, she was refused entry by the staff because she used a wheelchair, but the art exhibition at this time was still selling discount tickets for the disabled; in addition, she was trying to use a certain When the bathroom in the theater was inconvenient, the staff even asked if it would be more convenient to use diapers.
"This makes me feel offended." Da Chengzi complained in the video.
Over the years, her videos have changed the life trajectory of many disabled friends and awakened their inner desires.
Helping more disabled people rediscover the unique value of life is also the main motivation for her to become a full-time UP master.
At the beginning of 2021, Da Chengzi, who has worked in a big Internet company for 5 years, decided to resign and become a full-time blogger.
"Actually, when I resigned, the video had already been made for 2 years." At that time, Da Chengzi could feel that he had come to a corner in the workplace, and if he wanted to go up, he had to pay more.
And video creation has also reached a critical point, requiring more time to be invested.
"So at that time, I still wanted to devote more time and energy to the video." Da Chengzi said, in fact, I just wanted to try it for a year, because she didn't have the time and energy to do many things, but the evaluation video has been insisted. It's been so long, and the feedback from the outside world has continued to be positive, so she wondered what would happen if she persisted.
"If the video has not improved, then I will look for another job. Anyway, finding another job is not a big problem." Da Chengzi said cheerfully.
Shouldn't it be normal to not be bullied and excluded by classmates?
Going to school, studying for graduate school, working, falling in love... Looking back at Da Chengzi's growth trajectory over the past 20 years, it seems that it is the same as ours, but behind each of her growth, there are often times of hard work and effort that are many times more than ordinary people.
In 1990, Da Chengzi was born in a county in Hunan.
Because of poliomyelitis as a child, her lower limbs were flexed and deformed, her muscles were completely atrophied, and she was unable to move. Her parents took her to dozens of hospitals across the country, but they found nothing.
As a child, she didn't think disability was a problem at all, her friends would carry her to the toilet; they played games, and she would referee; she could even choreograph class activities.
But it was not until she was in middle school, when Da Chengzi was in a wheelchair, and the teacher arranged for other students to "take care" of her, she felt really uncomfortable.
According to the statistics of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, as of 2020, the total number of disabled people in my country is 85 million, accounting for about 6.21% of the total population, which is equivalent to 6 disabled people for every 100 Chinese.
However, we seem to find it difficult to find traces of them in our lives.
Every time she sees the news that the disabled group is difficult to go to school and find employment, she can't hide her heartache.
Fortunately, her parents were both middle school teachers, so Da Chengzi's education in middle school was not greatly affected, and she never thought that she would be unable to go to school or work because of her disability.
When she grew up, when she was interviewed by the media, she realized that in the public perception, it was very common for students with disabilities to be discriminated against and excluded from school.
Da Chengzi felt that in reality, as an individual, he was lucky, but there was a trace of sadness behind this luck.
"Shouldn't it be normal to not be bullied and excluded by classmates?"
After he was admitted to university, his parents were unable to accompany him to study because of work, and Da Chengzi's daily life was all taken care of by his nanny aunt.
Looking back on those days, she bluntly said that she was very depressed, and the two were forced to be bound together. There are always some very subtle "power struggles" hidden in life.
"During that time, my aunt had been 'grabbing' me badly. She had a bad attitude towards me, but I couldn't lose my temper, or someone would say that you don't know how to be grateful." Da Chengzi said that many caregivers and care recipients are very close to each other. There will always be such a relationship between them. The passive care group must be very uncomfortable, but it is difficult for outsiders to know what happened in the middle.
As long as you are strong enough, you can make up for your physical disability with extra excellence
Standing and walking like others has always been a deep desire in Da Chengzi's heart.
Before graduating from graduate school, Da Chengzi took the initiative to seek medical treatment and entered the operating room three times to correct his legs.
In order to repair scoliosis, the doctor opened her neck along the spine and implanted 24 nails. Although her legs can be straightened, she still cannot sit for a long time. During the six months after the operation, every 2 to 3 hours, She needs to lie down and rest.
Still, she didn't stop running forward.
Perhaps it was because he was taught by his parents that big cities are more inclusive. After graduation, Da Chengzi resolutely chose to stay in Shanghai, and successively joined Alibaba, NetEase, Meituan and other big Internet companies.
On the one hand, she felt that there was nothing to do in the county where she grew up, and she didn't want to be a teacher or live her life step by step in a bank.
On the other hand, external objective factors such as the relatively backward barrier-free facilities in the small county also made her stop thinking about going home.
"My parents still have a 'the strong eat the weak' concept. They feel that as long as you are strong enough, you can use your extra excellence to make up for your disability."
Although both the Labor Law and the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities in my country have clear provisions on the protection of the rights and interests of persons with disabilities in admissions and employment, persons with disabilities still face many practical difficulties in the process of joining the workforce.
When interviewing Ali for the first time, Da Chengzi, who was just entering the society, silently prepared the answer in his heart, ready to answer the questions raised by HR such as "Will sitting in a wheelchair affect the work?"
Fortunately, the entire job interview process went very smoothly without any issues.
But not every interview is so lucky.
During a job search, Da Chengzi originally thought that she had a good conversation with the interviewer, but after learning that she had a friend in the company, the interviewer privately asked, "Can she get along with others? Is she an introvert? Can I go to the team building with everyone?" Some questions like this.
Only then did she realize that everyone had a lot of strange imaginations about her at work, and these imaginations had nothing to do with her work performance.
Of course, there will also be companies that recognize her ability, but due to their own development constraints, it is difficult to provide her with hardware modifications for barrier-free office, and ultimately no results.
Da Chengzi found that, in fact, domestic companies are still at a very ignorant stage in recruiting disabled employees.
Even large factories do not know how to provide support and protection to disabled employees in a systematic way.
"Although some of the office renovation ideas I put forward when I joined the big factory have been implemented, it is not so smooth every time."
In addition to work, living conditions are also factors that Da Chengzi must consider. For example, staying in a big city means renting a large area, having an elevator, and not being too far from the company. Occasionally, you need to hire a nanny to help with some housework to make up for it. own inconvenience.
So if you push back, you have to earn seven or eight thousand a month to survive in a big city.
Then go in the opposite direction, and only big companies can give such a salary.
"But big companies also have high requirements for their employees. I can't help it. I can only work hard." Da Chengzi laughed and teased.
Every time she joins a new company, Da Chengzi has to put in extra effort so that people don't worry that her disability will affect her work progress.
After resigning, she realized that when she used to work very tired, she always subconsciously felt that this was what she had to do, but in fact it was just "imperfection" that put her under more pressure.
"Because the disabled group does not have the capital to 'lie down', if they don't want to fall to the bottom, they can only keep climbing to the top."
After resigning, the biggest difficulty is to adjust the mentality
After becoming a freelancer, without the constraints of the various rules and regulations of large companies in the past, Da Chengzi bluntly said that his biggest feeling is that it is so cool not to go to work.
"You can do whatever you want with your time, and it's a real joy."
Having said that, for Da Chengzi, who is keen to make plans, life still needs to return to the "right path" as soon as possible.
I originally thought that if I quit my job, I don’t need to rebalance my work and video creation. Later, I found that there are some eternal contradictions between the work and life of freelancers.
To this end, Da Chengzi spent a month or two rebuilding the order of his life.
"I imagined a lot of difficulties that will be encountered after resigning, but I didn't expect that the biggest difficulty is to adjust the mentality." Da Chengzi mentioned in the self-made issue of "What's the difference in the life of a full-time UP master", she spent a lot of time It took me a long time to realize from my heart that I was an independent creator, no longer a wage earner backed by an organization.
To make life and work go hand in hand, she makes a work plan for the next day every night and works 7 hours a day.
I originally thought that life would become easier after resigning, but in fact it didn't. Even in freelance work, you still need to maintain a certain enthusiasm.
The production of a video is divided into multiple steps such as pre-planning, shooting and editing. It takes at least 5 days for shooting and video material preparation, plus post-production, the whole process is all completed by Da Chengzi alone. While doing and learning, occasionally I will be busy until three or four in the morning.
"At first, I didn't think I needed to be more professional, just shoot myself, and then use mobile phone software to make it." Later, with more and more fans, and the requirements for video quality and updates were constantly improving, she began to update various equipment, learn and improve Imitate other bloggers to shoot more professional videos.
But compared with the speed of other bloggers who update twice a week, the speed of updating once a week is already the update limit that Dachengzi can bear.
"The trouble now is that I'm too busy." Da Chengzi positions herself not only as a video blogger, but also participates in offline activities for disabled groups, or provides barrier-free solutions for enterprises.
"Occasionally, I also do some charity work, which I collectively refer to as work. Of course, it also includes interviews with the media." Nowadays, it is no longer a problem for Da Chengzi to rely on making videos to maintain his daily life, although it is not as good as when he was at work. Income, but much more freedom.
"So I think it's enough to make money to satisfy the current life."
Can really feel that what you do can change other people's lives, very healing
At first, Da Chengzi chose to be a self-media, just to express it based on the identity of disability, so that the general public can truly understand the disabled people and how they live?
What are you thinking?
What troubles do you face every day?
"Many people think that I'm doing videos as if I'm doing public welfare, but I'm not." She explained that this is not only altruistic, but also self-interest.
As a disabled person, she also needs a platform to express herself and share, and there is currently no other way to replace this effect.
"The video opened up a new world for me and gave me a lot of unexpected feedback."
After "out of the circle", fans will leave messages from time to time to share their most special life experiences with Da Chengzi.
A fan left a message saying that after watching Da Chengzi's video, it was the first time she tried to go out in a wheelchair by herself, and she realized that it was really possible to go out in a wheelchair; another sister left a message saying that her brother had been out for more than ten years. I didn't go out anymore. After watching her video, I bought a better wheelchair. The whole family took my brother to travel for the first time and had a great time.
"These stories touched me very much. You will truly feel that what you do can change other people's lives, as if you have a feeling of healing yourself." After making the video, Dachengzi gained the attention of many strangers online. And love, their sincere praise and praise made her feel extremely rare, because it is difficult for a person to receive so much praise in real life.
"Of course there will be many malicious comments, but at this stage, I can look at these things very objectively. In short, the mentality must be good."
Regardless of whether the external feedback is good or bad, Da Chengzi wants to keep making the video.
Although the pressure of video updates made her distressed, she also urged her to keep trying to break through herself.
Wheelchair racing, dancing, swimming, playing basketball... Da Chengzi keeps trying various sports and has developed a set of sports modes that suit him.
"This year Beijing is hosting the Winter Olympics, and I also plan to go to Zhangjiakou to experience wheelchair skiing, mainly focusing on filming, supplemented by experience."
Although the recent interview with CCTV's "Newsweek" made Da Chengzi "out of the circle", she wanted her account to show a slow growth trend, "because the cost of the fire is too great, that kind of life The status is not what I want." She knows that she is not very talented in short video creation, but she still hopes to pass the concept of accessibility to the audience who have always recognized and accompany her to grow up through video.
Falling in love with a disabled person is not about giving love, let alone touching oneself
Da Chengzi in life is a very happy and cheerful person.
She doesn't like to be miserable in the video, and she doesn't want to force inspiration, she just wants to show her true side.
"Disabled groups are often portrayed as 'miserable and weak', but this stereotype must be mixed with many old social concepts." Da Chengzi said that if she had to use labels to define, she felt that she should be A person who pursues equality and justice, a person who likes to experience innovation, and a person who takes care of others.
And such a girl who strives to chase the sun is naturally inseparable from the careful escort of her native family and the company of her lover.
"My parents have never denied the possibility of my development because I am a disabled person, but put forward higher requirements on me." Da Chengzi said that although those higher requirements were a painful burden for her, It really promotes self-development.
"It was because they let me go to live alone in a big city and supported my decisions that allowed me to develop an independent character."
Another person who also plays an important role in her life is her boyfriend of 5 years, Xiao Li Peng.
In 2015, the two joined Ali through school recruitment and became colleagues.
Before getting to know Xiao Lipeng, Da Chengzi didn't have much fantasies about finding a partner. It was too difficult for disabled people to find someone who would accept and appreciate them.
"After getting to know him, I realized that I can be fully accepted. There will be someone in this world who will always be by your side, and that emotional experience is very healing." I had always worried that Xiao Lipeng would feel burdened by his disability, But slowly, she found that Xiao Lipeng didn't take the wheelchair so seriously, he just thought it was part of her body.
"It's liberating for me, otherwise I'd have to worry about him."
In the eyes of outsiders, when an ordinary person falls in love with a disabled person, Xiao Lipeng must sacrifice more.
But Xiao Lipeng didn't think so. He said that it was just a girl he liked, but it was more inconvenient than ordinary people.
"Loving with a disabled person is not about showing love, nor is it self-moving. The interaction between people should be equal."
In a comfortable relationship, two people in love feel incredibly comfortable and emotionally nourished, and they are no exception.
In their own unique way of getting along, they fall in love with each other, slowly get along, and even if they quarrel, they will quickly reconcile.
"One of the stages that must be passed in falling in love is quarrel. You must have a way to face and solve it. This must be dealt with."
Text / reporter Wang Jing