Wang Xiao and son Chen. Wang Xiao also gave pictures of
in the first few years of giving birth to a child, and Hu Ying washed his face with tears every night. Her child has Down's syndrome, a mental disorder. There are more than ten million families in this country, and many parents fall into the abyss from the joy of meeting new life.
Liu Yang, as a volunteer who participated in mental disorder activities, faced with the disabled children. He once felt pity and sympathy, hoping to help them. Chen Yu,
27, introduced his clothes with people around him. He was diagnosed with mental retardation and autism in the United States at the age of 15. Nowadays, Chen's speech is fast, but he can only say a few words at a time, and use a rhetorical question to communicate, "do you have one?" "Do you look good?" On the same topic, he can repeat it all the time.
"Because I love them"
Wang Xiao is Chen's mother. She is a 1979 grader of English department and a former project officer of the Song Qingling Foundation's outreach department. Husbands also learn foreign languages and engage in diplomatic work. In
1990, Chen was born. Wang Xiao imagines that his son can speak fluent English when he is born, but his son will only walk in 18 months, and 2 and a half years will speak. The doctor said he had a problem, but he didn't know what the disease was.
Chen on the kindergarten, noon full run no sleep, often pull pants; go to primary school, the next class to catch dead mice; high school, alone, no friends...
he doesn't want to go to school. In 2005, Chen's father was sent to work in the United States, accompanied by his family. On the streets of New York, Wang Xiao is more aware of his stiff looks and sweaty hands. When
went to rent a house, Wang Xiao did not even dare to say that there were special children in the family until she found that there was a discount for the disabled in the rental clause.
no pets are allowed in the building, and working dogs are excepted. Every day she looks at a wheelchair man, "on the phone, she goes out in a wheelchair, and the dog is on the side."
Chen had to go to school, and Wang Xiao consulted the local education department. A team of experts, with a day to assess the Chen, has set up a set of personal education programs, including which school, what support, how long it needs to be with special education experts, and how long it will be with the ordinary students...
that year, Chen was 15 years old. Under the assessment of the expert team, Wang Xiao finally realized that his son was mentally retarded, accompanied by autism.
Why do you go to school? The expert asked Chen.
"learn English well." Chen Wu answer.
Wang Xiao, who was a translator for her son, was even more surprised. She didn't expect her son to have such a great ambition.
Chen has gone to a very high school away from home, in a special class. Some courses are with ordinary children, some are with special children.
in addition to this, special children have to take a job training course, such as going to the canteen, the medical room, cultivating skills, trying different jobs, and making a long-term transition to the society.
one month after school, Wang Xiao went to school to find out about his son's situation.
the English teacher said that your son responded very quickly; the P. E. teacher said he was as good as other children. Wang Xiao even drove Chen to take part in extracurricular activities. The teacher asked, "you must be very proud of your son."
Wang Xiao couldn't believe these praises. Her impression was that only 100 points were tested by others, and his son could only score 20 points. She didn't want to be proud of her son. She didn't understand why her son was so good in the eyes of teachers.
she began to reexamine her son. There was a child with no language in wheelchair. His son waited for him until he went to the dance. When he took the picture, his son knew he would stoop down and squat down.
the school has Best Buddies, a special group of children making friends. On weekends, young girls often drive to pick up their sons and go out to play.
Wang Xiao accompanied her son to Best Buddies's activities. A little girl was very energetic and enthusiastically running around to play with the disabled students. Wang Xiao asked why the girls were so nice to them, and the little girl hesitated without hesitation: "Because I love them. (because I love them)".