China News Service, Luoyang, March 22nd: "Special teenagers" in the mountains: from not going out to going abroad
Author Kan Li Li Chaoqing
"Can you take a look at our photos?" Liu Ziqi and Chen Zihao asked reporters after they completed a set of dry skating training together.
"Look, the posture is very handsome!" After receiving a positive answer, the two smiled shyly at each other, and then carefully looked at the photos in the camera.
After reading it, the two of them smiled again, and rushed into the training team with three steps and two steps.
The picture shows three female skiers performing physical training.
Kan Lishe
There are more than 100 disabled teenagers living in the Luanchuan County Special Education School in Luoyang, Henan, located in the Funiu Mountains.
They learn life skills, cultural knowledge, as well as special courses such as sports, percussion, and handicrafts.
More than 30 children including Liu Ziqi and Chen Zihao practice skiing here.
Over the years, they have walked out of the mountains, participated in many competitions, and won many awards.
Recently, a reporter from Chinanews.com walked into this special school, which was founded in 1985, and approached this group of special children in the mountains.
When they first entered the campus, the students who were training on the circular dry slide first cast a puzzled look. Seeing that the reporter kept taking pictures of them, they quickly put down their guard.
Pei Fuxin, who is about to represent China in the 12th World Winter Special Olympics, is also in the team, with a simple, honest and innocent smile on his face.
As the pace of training accelerated, Pei Fuxin made a mistake and fell to the ground.
"It's a big somersault!" Lying on the ground, he first turned his head to explain to the camera, then patted the dust on his body, smiled and stood up slowly, staggered a few steps, and started training again.
Pei Fuxin, from deep in the mountains, entered the school at the age of 8 due to autism and intellectual lag.
From difficulty communicating with people to communicating with people confidently.
In seven years, he has made the leap from not leaving home to about to go abroad.
The picture shows the coach wiping the potion for Pei Fuxin's injured part.
Kan Lishe
In 2015, Beijing obtained the qualification to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics.
Due to its geographical and climatic advantages, Luanchuan County has skiing conditions.
For a time, ice and snow sports became popular here.
Four years later, learning that Heilongjiang Province will hold special Olympics-related winter sports competitions, Wu Yongjun, the principal of Luanchuan Special Education School, signed up more than 20 children including Pei Fuxin.
"The idea at that time was very simple. I wanted the children to get out of the mountains and see the outside world." Wu Yongjun said, he didn't know much about ice and snow sports at the time, let alone participating in sports competitions, "but no matter how difficult it is, you can't give up the opportunity to go out. "
The school set up a coaching team led by the retired vice-principal Wan Qingya, and took the children to start the ice and snow journey of the "South and North War".
Many children took the train to leave the mountain for the first time and asked, "Is this the way the train is? This is the Northeast?"
The picture shows the children taking off their equipment after half-day training.
Kan Lishe
The physical fitness teacher helped the children develop their balance, while Wan Qingya instructed them to practice postures. He had to follow the video to learn first, and then demonstrated it to the children over and over again.
After a period of dry land training, the children began to practice regularly on the ski slopes in the mountains.
"An action needs to be demonstrated repeatedly, and it is difficult for them to understand it verbally." Wan Qingya said that the children would ask him to comment every time they skated around. "Keeping encouragement can prevent them from becoming bored due to loss!"
"I didn't think about what kind of results I wanted to achieve at the time." Wan Qingya said, what she didn't expect was that over the past few years, more than 30 children have walked out of the mountains one after another, and won 60 in competitions such as the 4th China Disabled Ice and Snow Sports Season. Remaining medals.
The picture shows two students putting away their ski equipment.
Kan Lishe
After the competition, the children also went to many places they had never been to and saw a lot of things they had never seen before.
Wan Qingya said that in a museum in Jilin province, the children stayed for a whole day and did not want to leave.
This also makes the school more determined to take children to more places to participate in the competition.
"Through honors and applause, these children in the mountains have seen the world outside the mountains." Jin Yingying, a school teacher, said that with the broadening of their horizons, their personalities became more and more cheerful, and they were willing to share their hearts with others." From self-isolation to sunny self-confidence, they are enough to integrate into society and embrace life like ordinary children."
The school's Olympic Sports Center displays the certificates and medals that the children have won, witnessing their transformation from not leaving home to going abroad, and it has become a true portrayal of China's special education.
The picture shows a student introducing the medals he won to reporters.
Kan Lishe
According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 1 billion people with disabilities worldwide.
Statistics released by the China Disabled Persons' Federation show that the total number of persons with disabilities in China has reached 85 million.
Wu Yongjun said that special education schools help them absorb nutrients, regain confidence, and learn to love and be loved through art, sports and characteristic courses closer to life.
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