In June 2021, Li Linqing, a 34-year-old patient with cerebral palsy, received a doctorate from the School of Computer Science and Technology of Soochow University.
He was the first student with a disability to receive this degree since the establishment of su university, and before that he led his team to develop a barrier-free map for people with disabilities.
How did a cerebral palsy patient get admitted to Soochow University to become a doctor? How did you come up with the idea of starting your own business and developing such an app? Li Linqing brought us the perfect answer in his life.
01、 "Winged Angel"
At the age of 1, other children can already use their limbs to crawl happily on the ground to explore the mysteries of the world, but Li Linqing has not shown any "athletic talent" at all.
The family was worried that he had some hidden disease, so they took him to the local hospital for examination, but they did not expect that the results of the examination that came were a deep blow to them.
The doctor took Li Linqing's examination report and regretted telling Li Linqing's parents:
"It is a pity to inform you of this bad news, your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The main manifestations of cerebral palsy are central motor disorders, often accompanied by abnormal muscle tone, abnormal posture and reflexes, mental retardation, language impairment, sensory abnormalities, and mental behavior abnormalities. This disease is complex, it is difficult to cure, you should be mentally prepared. ”
Li Linqing's mother trembled and took the medical list and asked the doctor:
"Really? 100% diagnosed? He is still so young, will it be a misdiagnosis, a mistake. We asked to check again, be sure to check again, must be mistaken! ”
This family, who had just won Lin'er, the joyful atmosphere had not yet dissipated, and they crashed into a bad news.
Cerebral palsy is an incurable disease, you can only do some rehabilitation training, try to avoid paralysis, it is almost impossible to recover as before.
Li Linqing's parents have never been able to accept this bad news, they took Li Linqing everywhere to go to several larger, better, more authoritative hospitals, but all the test results are just in the over and over again to stabilize this bad news, as long as they can hear about the hospitals that can treat cerebral palsy are all run by them.
Li Linqing's mother said sadly:
"At that time, I was really hit crazy, I still couldn't believe it, so I took him everywhere, as long as I heard a little bit of hope that we would take him to try, take medicine, qi therapy, acupuncture have all tried, but there is no effect"
Fortunately, Li Linqing did not have "bad luck", and did not reach the point of being paralyzed all over his body, but his lower body could not move.
Talking about his illness, Li Linqing did not shy away from admitting: "There are many types of cerebral palsy, fortunately, I am only affected by the development of the cerebellum, and the limbs cannot coordinate the movement normally, but the IQ has not been affected in any way." ”
The 1-year-old child has not yet controlled his feet to step on the ground, to step on the sand and water, and he has lost control of his legs forever.
Before he even realized it, he became a vulnerable, disabled person.
The sudden blow caught the Li family off guard, and Li Linqing's future became a problem that Li Linqing's father and mother were worried about day and night.
How he faced life, how he received education, how he accepted himself, all became a big stone in their hearts, heavy on the hearts of the two people.
But there are always more ways than difficulties, and it is not helpful to cry all day long in the face of this young and ignorant life, "the parents love their children, and they have far-reaching plans."
Since they brought him into this world, they would certainly not let him have too hard within their ability.
This is a deep affection of love, but also a solemn commitment to a life, not to give up casually, let alone to abandon at will.
02、 "It is not easy to learn"
Li Linqing, 7, like other normal children, is old enough to receive a formal school education.
Li's mother decided to let Li Linqing go to school normally like other children, although Li Linqing has a disability, but his intelligence level is normal, and there is no difference from ordinary children.
In order to let Li Linqing enter the normal school, Li Mu found many schools to negotiate and thought of many ways, just to send him to the campus for education.
In the end, a principal finally agreed to Li Mu's request, but Li Linqing needed to meet a condition and pass the school's entrance test.
Setting up the entrance test is not to deliberately make it difficult for Li Linqing, but the school wants to confirm whether Li Linqing is suitable for studying in school, so it is some simple life common sense problems.
Mother Li had already personally completed the relevant preschool education for Li Linqing, so he successfully passed the exam and officially became a primary school student.
The Li family was overjoyed and grateful for the school's tolerance, and specially asked the school to simply eat a meal to express their gratitude.
During the meal, Li's mother said: "His intelligence is the same as that of a normal child, so I have no reason to give up on him." ”
After the official enrollment in the autumn, Li Linqing began his primary school career every day under the pick-up and drop-off of his grandmother, and the elderly would ask him about the status of his day at school every day when he walked with his grandson in his arms.
The silhouette of the elderly and the grandchildren in their arms become a scenery on the way out of school under the setting sun.
When Li Linqing was 10 years old, when he reached the fifth grade of primary school, his grandmother gradually could not hold him.
For the sake of the health of the young and old, and the safety of life in school, Li's mother had no way, gritted her teeth and resigned her job as an engineer, and returned home to take over the heavy responsibility of taking care of Li Linqing.
"I will always remember that day, Suzhou was raining very heavily and blowing winds, my mother was not good at riding a bicycle, he put me in the back seat and she pushed herself a little bit forward, and I had to worry that I accidentally fell down and had to push the bulky car, very messy, this kind of difficulty is playing out every day, my mother has been tirelessly taking care of me." 」
Speaking of these pictures as if they happened yesterday, Li Linqing still remembers them vividly.
In order to facilitate Li Linqing's schooling, the family also moved to the vicinity of the school to take care of him nearby and to deal with some unexpected situations.
Li Linqing, who could only be trapped between the square inches of the desk, lived up to expectations and was admitted to the local key high school with excellent results after the end of the middle school course, and in the process of high school study, the results have always been among the best.
Although Li Linqing has always been very sensible, his parents are always worried about his physical condition: "The pressure of studying in high school has suddenly increased, his health is not good, his resistance is poor, I am afraid that he can't bear it." ”
"He has such a special situation, has such perseverance to the school to stick to the school, and can always maintain excellent results, it can be said to be very remarkable," Li Linqing's teacher recalled.
At that time, several teachers who were notoriously harsh in the school mentioned Li Linqing's attitude of appreciation and had great expectations for him.
"My fingers are not as flexible as normal people, and I have certain obstacles in writing, so I practice writing over and over again."
No matter how much physical difficulty awaits him to overcome, he never thought of giving up learning and giving up the opportunity to educate himself.
What ordinary people can easily do, it takes a lot of effort for Li Linqing. "When he saw something, he was obviously only a little bit off, and the other children could get it with a hand, but he couldn't reach it."
For three years in high school, Li's mother carried him to school, and his classmates carried him to the toilet between classes.
At the time of the college entrance examination, Li Linqing's examination room was on the fourth floor, but the school did not have an elevator available, and Li Linqing's physical education teacher volunteered to carry him into the examination room.
After the 2006 college entrance examination, Li Linqing was admitted to the School of Computer Science and Technology of Soochow University with excellent results, and his score was more than 40 points higher than that of the first line in Jiangsu Province at that time.
For why he chose this major, Li Linqing had a profound understanding as early as when he filled in the volunteer form: "My body is inconvenient, my legs and feet cannot move, and after graduation, I am only suitable for doing some 'hands-on work', the computer is very in line with my requirements, and it will definitely have more room for development in the future." ”
His excellence and hard work are obvious to all, and teachers and classmates are not surprised by his excellent results, but feel relieved: "He has lived hard all these years, which is a little reward for his hard life." ”
03. Master's and doctoral degrees
During his university years, the school took into account his special situation and specially prepared a separate dormitory for him. The classmates also took turns to take care of him and picked him up on time.
Li Linqing told reporters: "For the convenience of my schooling, the college arranged courses for me on the first floor, and the school also gave our family a private car pass, so that we can freely enter and leave the campus." ”
During her university years, Li Linqing won a number of awards such as "People's Scholarship", "Self-Improvement Scholarship" and "Excellent Graduate Student" for her excellent learning ability.
After graduating from undergraduate, Li Linqing continued to choose to stay at his alma mater to pursue graduate and doctoral studies.
The party secretary of Soochow University said of his impression of Li Linqing: "He has endured difficulties that ordinary people cannot bear and imagine, and has also set a very good example among his classmates. ”
From undergraduate students all the way to graduate students, and finally to the doctorate, Li Linqing faced several times the difficulties faced by ordinary people, but this boy in a wheelchair insisted on it, sewing up the broken gifts of fate one by one, so that it could shine again.
The 15 spring and autumn seasons spent in Su Da are of inexplicable significance to Li Linqing: "If fate sneaks up on you, the best way is to fight back against him and attack him." PhD graduation may just be the beginning, and I may be on my way to a wider world. ”
While reading thousands of books, Li Linqing is also practicing "walking thousands of miles". He used his school holidays to travel to more than 20 countries with his parents or classmates.
Although his legs were confined to a wheelchair, his soul traveled all over the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.
Li Linqing, who is sitting in a wheelchair and looking at the camera, looks no different from any ordinary tourist, but in his heart, a seed of dreams is quietly sprouting.
While preparing his Ph.D.'s graduation essay, he collected more nutrients for the growth of the seed.
When he was a child, because of his illness, his parents were always worried about his future, and now he has to rely on his own hands to build a "road" of his own.
04. Independent entrepreneurship
As early as when he traveled with his parents and classmates at home and abroad, he carefully observed a problem, he found that although many cities in the mainland have built barrier-free facilities to facilitate the travel of the disabled, the travel of the disabled still faces many difficulties, and he has a profound understanding of this aspect.
"A lot of people with disabilities don't dare to go out because they don't know if it's convenient to get to their destination. The cost of time and the confusion of the unknown make people with disabilities particularly insecure about travel, and I want to clear this obstacle cognition, and I want to make some changes for all this," Li Linqing said without hesitation.
Li Linqing, who is still studying for a doctorate in 2019, is ready to put his ideas into practice, and he mobilized five like-minded partners to start a business road together.
A small research team set out to develop accessibility maps for people with disabilities.
For the more than 80 million disabled compatriots scattered across the country, to provide a carefully planned, more convenient, fast and time-saving travel map, this is the little seed he buried in the psychology.
In order to get more accurate data to improve their research, Li Linqing and his colleagues ran around suzhou as soon as they had time, and the footprints of their dreams were scattered in large and small corners.
Li Linqing's electric wheelchair cannot enter ordinary family cars, so the only means of transportation he can choose to travel are subways and buses.
It only takes 30 minutes to drive, and Li Linqing takes twice as long or even longer.
Under the unremitting efforts of this group of enthusiastic young people, in December 2020, Li Linqing's team launched a barrier-free panoramic map of Suzhou.
The map can query more than 10,000 barrier-free facilities in Suzhou and other areas, and provide users with detailed traffic information and optimal route planning.
In 2021, the project promoted by Li Linqing was included in the implementation project of the Suzhou Municipal Government and officially operated and promoted in Jiangsu Province.
On top of the map they developed, the barrier-free routes of Suzhou's various attractions, transportation hubs and large shopping malls are clearly displayed, and the barrier-free access information is covered on all subway lines in Suzhou.
When asked about the original intention of doing so, he replied frankly: "I hope that they (people with disabilities) can go out of the house more bravely and confidently, embrace the wider world, and find more possibilities in life." ”
On June 22, 2021, Li Linqing officially graduated from Soochow University and will receive a doctorate, and Li Linqing, who is in a wheelchair, was pushed to the podium by her teacher.
He is the first disabled student to receive this Ph.D. degree since the establishment of the School of Computer Science and Technology of Soochow University.
He is no longer a nameless "sick child", his story in Su University ten, ten passed on a hundred, everyone has long known this and fate game and handed over a good answer to life.
Li Mu in the audience blushed with excitement: "Finally waited for this day!" 27 years of hard reading in the cold window is not an easy task for ordinary people, and this moment of waiting for now is really not easy! ”
She insisted on sending her son to a normal school for education, but she didn't want to bury his normal intelligence.
However, the son was angry, not only did he enter a good university, but now he also had his own career and did a good job, and Mother Li was only full of emotions in addition to being pleased.
05, still on the road
"Looking for certainty in uncertainty", the principal said this parting message to the whole school at the graduation ceremony. This is not a hard portrayal of Li Linqing's 27 years.
He was plagued by illness at an early age, and his parents could not determine whether he could still have a healthy body to live an ordinary life.
The arduous experience of studying in his childhood also made people around him uncertain about how far he could go on this road and what kind of results he could finally get.
There are many uncertain factors around him, but he has opened up a unique "certainty" among these negative factors.
Without failing to live up to the grace of his parents and the respect and teachings of his teachers, he has created a future of his own in the care and care of the elders, benefiting more disabled people like him and making up for the shortcomings of society.
"If when I was a kid, my parents taught me that you can't do it, you can't do it, then I'm definitely going to become autistic and narrow-minded. It is precisely because my parents have constantly encouraged and supported me along the way of my growth, let me overcome one difficulty after another, defeated the dark side of my heart, and constantly guided me to be positive, which has made me the present. All my honors, the greatest credit comes from my parents. ”
Although his body is trapped in a wheelchair, he has already grown invisible wings on his back, carrying his dream all the way.
Born in Si, grew up in Si. He also used his own practical actions to repay the city that nurtured him.
In 2022, he is ready to co-found a company that wants to create an inspiring platform for employment creation for people with disabilities.
Help more desirable and ambitious people with disabilities solve the problem of creating employment, and provide them with professional consultation channels and funds, as well as some technical services.
"I hope that using artificial intelligence and big data analysis can help more people with disabilities, so that they can better integrate into society and get out of their own narrow and closed space."
With the rapid development of the times, Li Linqing's dream is also expanding little by little, and there is a state of "sheltering the world and the cold people are happy".
He was known as the "Doctor of Cerebral Palsy", a disease that had completely ruined his normal life, and now it was only a foil for his dim light.
Because Li Linqing once had a very bad life, but Li Linqing, who could not walk because of his lost legs, was now rebuilt by himself brick by brick, and he walked on the road in another way.
The days are still long, and the line and look.
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