Xinhua 7th April 2026 Feature.   Intellectually disabled artists paint lives beyond definition at Art Basel Hong Kong Art Basel, long known for spotlighting expensive canvases, rare materials, and renowned creators, concluded this year's Hong Kong edition at the end of March, where a modest, quiet exhibition space has drawn a large number of visitors to pause and linger. Inside the booth, there was no showmanship, no gimmicks, but only the trees, stone houses, vehicles, and p

Xinhua 13th March 2026 Fashion show spotlights rare disease community A charity fashion show was held in Yantai, Shandong province, on Saturday to mark International Rare Disease Day and launch a new support network for affected families. The event brought together nearly 300 patients with rare diseases, medical experts, business representatives and volunteers. Through diverse and creative formats such as a fashion show, patient talk shows, a photography exhibition showcasing

China Daily 4 th  April 2026 Shanghai unveils first vocational competence assessment for autism rehabilitation services By He Qi Shanghai officially launched China's first specialized vocational competence assessment project for autism rehabilitation services on Thursday, during the 19th World Autism Awareness Day, addressing a gap in professional certification in this field nationwide. Led by the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau and evaluated by the city's vocational skills app

Xinhua 1st April 2026 China Focus. From learning to earning, China explores new support for autistic adults Though it was winter vacation, 17-year-old Yangyang started his day early, walked to the supermarket on his own and returned home to whip up a bowl of seafood noodles for his younger sister. To outsiders, he seemed like a caring and responsible older brother with a passion for cooking, yet only his parents truly understood the immense effort involved in helping Yangyang

China Daily 31st March 2026 Writer with cerebral palsy pens love letter to Yinxu culture By Shi Baoyin and Qi Xin Zhao Dian, a 38-year-old with cerebral palsy from Anyang, Henan province, concentrates as she taps on a mobile phone screen, while the rest of her body stays completely still. Books are stacked in piles around her. Zhao's mother, Zhao Li, 66, keeps a few books set aside, making them easy for her to reach whenever she needs them. Though Zhao Dian has never spent a

China Daily 23rd March 2026 Books without barriers As China expands digital lending and accessibility services, public libraries are working to ensure reading is within reach for everyone, Yang Yang reports. Ou Hailin, a 38-year-old media employee in Beijing, visits libraries often. One of his favorites is the Capital Library of China, which he says is continually improving its services and keeping them centered on the reader. The latest improvement, he finds, is the digital

South China Morning Post 21st March 2026 Being Chinese In China, some of us are keeping elderly care in the family – for now My grandma, now in her 90s, has long held together an extended family including four children and six grandchildren. As a Chinese saying goes, “ Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.” While my aunt, father and two uncles all live near her in the same city in northern China, my generation has ventured out to different places. Yet no ma

South China Morning Post 14th March 2026 Chinese man posts a big note on mother-in-law’s suitcase to seek help for her solo travel Thoughtful son-in-law goes the extra mile to make sure illiterate woman in her 60s is safe; Good Samaritan student on same flight offers help More than a million people online have been touched by a Chinese man who posted a huge note on his illiterate mother-in-law’s suitcase to help in case she needed help during her first solo flight. On Februar

China Daily 13th March 2026 Trusting thought to be its own light Remarkable courage, persistence of blind academic overcomes disability, inspires thousands of students By Zhao Xu In a modest room in the Wuchang district of Wuhan, Hubei province, time seems to move at its own gentle rhythm. Fingers glide quietly across yellowed pages, while a young university student reads aloud, patiently tracing formulas and diagrams. This is where Zhou Shun studies — a classroom, a library,

China Daily. 23rd January 2026 Raising a glass to accessibility HandyCup pub fosters a community of people with disabilities and the able-bodied, spreading compassion and acceptance, Wang Xin reports. By Wang Xin Fu Ming, a 38-year-old business owner with a physical disability who is dedicated to promoting accessibility, recently celebrated his birthday with a heartwarming crowd of friends at Pub HandyCup in Shanghai. As the first accessible pub in China, owned by Xia Yujie,

South China Morning Post 10th January 2026 China woman who lost limbs in car crash assigns disabled staff to jobs based on their strengths 30-year-old who suffered 3 heart attacks, 14 rounds of surgery dresses like a ‘warrior’; is described as the ‘pride of all women’ online By Fran Lu in Five years after she lost her left arm and leg in a car crash, a Chinese influencer started a shoe-cleaning business that provides jobs for disabled people. Weng Xinyi has continued to move

South China Morning Post 5th January 2026 China mum shares toddler ’ s recovery from underdeveloped hip joint, receives online support A mother in China who helped her toddler daughter through rehabilitation to fix a malformed hip has trended on social media, attracting more than a million likes. According to a report by the China News Service, the little girl, nicknamed Tiantian, began the treatment last year at the age of one when she was diagnosed with dysplasia of the hip

South China Morning Post 28th December 2025 China paralysed man, who can only move a finger and a toe, creates smart farm system, start-up Man who survives on a ventilator teaches his mother to become a ‘ super technician ’ , plans future experiments using state-of-the-art technology By Yating Yang in Beijing A paralysed Chinese man who can move only one finger and one toe has successfully developed a smart farm control system and founded a start-up. The determination of Li X

Global Times 30th December 2025 Patient with cerebral palsy completes Chinese chess match via non-invasive BCI, marking world ’ s 1st application in national-level sports event A cerebral palsy player competed in a Chinese chess competition while wearing a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device, marking the world's first competitive application of non-invasive BCI technology in a national-level public sports event, domestic media outlet Jiemian News reported on Tu

European Central Station 30th December 2025 The perfect integration of technology and humanity. The Brain-Computer Interface Chess Dream Realization Open Tournament was successfully held. On December 29th, at the site of the annual finals of the "Tian Tian Chinese Chess Cup" organized by the Chinese Chess Association held in Hainan, a special chess game caught everyone's attention. Han Binbin, a chess player with cerebral palsy from Chongqing, wearing a lightweight head devic

China Daily 25th December 2025 Running the City Without Sound. Deaf Couriers in Shanghai In Shanghai, a delivery station for deaf riders raises a larger question: what does inclusive work look like in the digital economy? At 7:09am, food courier Sun Jingjing received her first order of the day: a Starbucks coffee to be delivered to a high-rise residential building 1 kilometer away. For the next two hours, she wove through malls, residential blocks, and office towers, jogging

China Daily China Daily 17th December 2025 A home without barriers By Meng Wenjie ] When you step into "Yameng's Home", a guesthouse in Qingdao, Shandong province, the first things that may catch your eye are a Barbie doll in a wheelchair and a three-legged cat named Joy happily roaming around. The guesthouse is run by 29-year-old Cui Yameng, a passionate advocate for public welfare who is dedicated to breaking down barriers for people with disabilities. In 2023, Cui returned

Radio Television  HK (RTHK) 15th December 2025 AI vests help pull out all the stops for ADHD students A research team at The Education University of Hong Kong has created the world's first AI-powered smart vest to help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) improve their focus and classroom behaviour. According to the team, an estimated 6.4 percent of children and adolescents live with ADHD in the city, meaning tens of thousands of students struggle dai

China Daily 10th December 2025 Retired artist turns teacher to inspire next generation of talent By Zhu Xingxin in Taiyuan and Chen Liang Wei Yujie is not an ordinary teacher at the Taiyuan School for the Deaf in Shanxi province. At 33, she was once the lead dancer of the globally acclaimed dance, “ Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva” , gracing stages in more than 40 countries, giving more than 1,000 performances, and showcasing the beauty and confidence of Chinese disabled people to

City News Service 7th December 2025 Voy Boys! How A Failed Film Project Kickstarted A Football Dream in Xinjiang Bilal Yasen sprints across the football pitch, a black blindfold covering his eyes, his foot deftly dribbling the ball before he winds up for a shot. As he moves, the 18-year-old shouts "wei wei wei" to alert his teammates – a call that has become the signature of his team, the Voy Boys, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's first blind football squad. Four years ago,