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"Ms. Yang Jia, this is a summons from the law. Your husband files a divorce lawsuit with the court and asks for custody of the child. Yang Jia, who was blind, froze in place, refusing to believe that her husband had abandoned her and wanted to take away their daughter.
After mediation by the court, the parties agreed to divorce, and the custody of the child belonged to the father. Yang Jia walked out of the courthouse with the support of her parents. On the way home, she thought back to all the things that had happened during this time. "Doctor, what's wrong with my eyes?" Yang Jia, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was in class, when suddenly the student in front of him began to distort, and many dark shadows appeared. She endured her discomfort and insisted on finishing the class.
After class, she walked slowly back to the office and told her husband that there was a problem with her eyes. Accompanied by her husband, the two went to the hospital together for a check-up, but the result made her extremely desperate. Lesions occurred in the macular area of the retina, and wet macular degeneration caused a sudden loss of her vision, which quickly affected her central vision and eventually lost her central vision.
After leaving the hospital, the husband did not say a word. After Yang's father and mother learned the news, they hurried over to see their daughter. When the husband saw his parents coming, he packed up his clothes and left the house. Before leaving, he said, "Yang Jia, I'm sorry. I can't accept a wife with vision problems, let's get a divorce. Your current state is not suitable for taking care of children, so the custody of your daughter belongs to me. ”
Yang Jia refused to believe it, and her husband left like this. got up and chased out, but his vision was limited, and he fell to the ground when he hit the corner of the table. The parents hurriedly ran over and picked up their daughter. The mother sobbed and persuaded, "Jiajia, let him go." For the sake of such a person, it is not worth being sad. ”
She broke free of her mother's hand and groped her way back to the room, where Yang Jia curled up on the bed, looking at the blurred ceiling, her eyes couldn't stop crying. She agreed to the divorce, but custody of the children could not be given to her husband. In the end, the court awarded custody of the child to the father for vision reasons.
Mother Yang held her hand and tried to comfort her daughter, but she didn't know how to speak. Yang Jia figured it out at this time, even if the whole world abandoned her, her parents would not leave her. She wants to regain her strength and cannot stay in the abyss. After 8 years of hard work, she graduated from Harvard University with an A+ grade. After that, she became the first Chinese to serve as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, joined the CPPCC, spoke up for people with disabilities, and successfully turned the tide against the wind.
The first half of my life was smooth sailing
Yang Jia has been a "child of other people's families" since she was a child, with excellent academic performance and good Xi performance. At a time when most children were ignorant, Yang's father asked her what she wanted to do in the future, and she said, "I want to become a people's teacher, stand on the podium, and pass on my knowledge to more children." ”
After the college entrance examination, she was admitted to Zhengzhou University with excellent results. During her school years, she received many awards both inside and outside the school. After graduating, the school wanted her to stay. This was a surprise for Yang Jia, and she agreed without hesitation. My childhood dream has finally come true.
But Yang Jia is only a few years older than the students, and the students inevitably look down on her in their hearts. She knows the inner activities of her students, so after teaching, she works harder to learn Xi. Through long-term contact, the students found that Mr. Yang was very knowledgeable and admired. Coupled with the similar age, Yang Jia has a lot in common with students, so she has become the most popular teacher among students.
Not greedy for comfort, she decided to continue her studies. After studying hard without sleep or food, at the age of 22, Yang Jia became a graduate student at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. After graduation, the school leaders talked to her: "Yang Jia, you have outstanding academic Xi in school, and you also have the experience of working as a teacher at Zhengzhou University. After research by the school leaders, it was decided to hire you as a teacher at our school. ”
During her teaching years, she has successfully developed some research results through continuous learning and Xi research. During her graduate studies, she fell in love with her husband at first sight and quickly fell in love. After marriage, the two gave birth to a daughter. With a bumper harvest in her family and career, she became the envy of many people for a while.
But all the good things were shattered like a dream bubble at the age of 29. After losing her eyesight, her husband left her with the child. When she first entered the "dark night", she was as fragile as a porcelain doll. She wanted to drink water, but she inadvertently touched the water glass and tripped in her own home, and all kinds of things broke her sensitive heart. It wasn't until she thought everything through that she began her "journey".
The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold
After cheering up, she first familiarized herself with the placement of items in the house to avoid bumping. She told her parents her decision, "Mom and Dad, I want to learn Xi Braille." Even if the future is difficult, I will return to the podium. Seeing his daughter's high-spirited appearance, the second elder was also very pleased.
As an acquired blind person, it is more difficult to learn Braille Xi. Not the best age to learn Xi and the gap in the heart will cause the acquired blind people who have just learned Xi to be irritable. But Yang Jia has enough patience to learn Xi, others use one hour to learn Xi, she uses two hours.
When practicing Xi board book, she was unable to write accurately because of limited eyesight. She kept practicing Xi and formed muscle memory into the action of writing. Finally, she successfully returned to the podium she had been missing for a long time, and after the students learned what happened to Teacher Yang, they missed this humorous and rigorous teacher in class very much.
Because of her eyesight, there is a big difference between her working hours and that of other teachers. Father Yang said worriedly, "Jiajia, don't be too tired, your body needs to recuperate." Yang Jia heard her father's words of concern, and her heart warmed, "I know, but my job must be completed, I will take care of myself, don't worry." ”
In her first year back at school, Yang Jia successfully won the honor of "Outstanding Teacher". On the podium, the school leader said to her: "Yang Jia, while you have done an excellent job, you have also corrected your homework in great detail. The whole school thinks you are the best candidate for an outstanding teacher. In her spare time, she completed two doctoral graduation guidance books, "English Writing for Graduate Students" and "English Reading for Graduate Students".
She hopes to go to the United States to continue her studies and enrich herself Xi public administration.Xi With tenacious perseverance, she successfully received an admission letter from Harvard School's Kennedy School of Government in the United States. When she first arrived in the United States, she was a little unacceptable for a while to communicate in English. Teachers and classmates also know about her situation, so when they speak every day, they will deliberately slow down the speed of speech and amplify the voice of speech.
In order to adapt to the environment as soon as possible, Yang Jia used the English conversation on the recorder to speed up the speed to practice Xi listening. After two months, she can communicate at a normal pace and does not need to be accommodating. The school also provided her with a special keyboard to complete her homework. With limited eyesight, she turns in her homework on time and often stays up late to catch up with the schedule.
Her efforts were not wasted, and when she graduated, she received an A+ distinction. AT THAT TIME, MANY PEOPLE OBJECTED BECAUSE THE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE STIPULATED THAT STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM GRADE OF A, BUT GERGEN, A FAMOUS AMERICAN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR, WAS RESOLUTE IN HIS ATTITUDE AGAINST PUBLIC OPINION.
He said publicly: "I admire Yang Jia very much, she is the first student since the founding of Harvard, but she has graduated without seeing Harvard. At the graduation ceremony, Yang Jia told about what she had experienced and said that she would use what she had learned to help more children.
After the wind and rain, I finally saw the rainbow
After returning to China, Yang Jia began to pay attention to the public welfare of the disabled. She often went to schools for the blind and met many people who were born blind. She was very sorry and told the children about the world she had seen. has persisted for a long time, so that the world can see her.
In 2018, Yang Jia represented China in New York's candidacy for the new UN human rights body, and was eventually elected to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As the first representative of people with disabilities in China, she is an international voice for more people with disabilities in China. In order to reduce costs and streamline workflows, the Secretariat proposed that the use of Chinese be abolished.
After learning the news, Yang Jia objected as soon as possible. He also said at the conference: "China's public welfare undertakings are among the best in the world, and China's disabled population is relatively large. In any case, the proposal to abolish the use of Chinese should not be adopted. Her statement was affirmed by the Committee, which, after deliberation, decided to retain the status of Chinese. In her subsequent work, she excelled and was nominated twice by the committee. In the end, he was successfully elected as the Vice-Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
When she returned home, she found that the infrastructure for the blind was inadequate. When she was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, she put forward the concept of "science and technology to help the disabled" from the perspective of the blind, "I hope to build infrastructure to ensure the safety of the blind." Promote films with voice-over explanations for people with disabilities so that people with disabilities can participate in cultural life on an equal footing. Expand the braille area on the renminbi to make it more convenient for the blind to use and serve the society. Every time she spoke after that, it was to help people with disabilities get better treatment.
In order to help the visually impaired experience art, she collaborated with directors to choreograph dramas that the visually impaired could experience. In an interview, she once said, "My life is divided into two parts, before the age of 29 I was trying to surpass others, and after the age of 29 I tried my best to surpass myself." "She brings warmth to countless people with disabilities, even if she is in the dark, she wants to bring sunshine to everyone who needs to shine.
epilogue
Yang Jia suffered an unprecedented heavy blow in the journey of life, but she still stood on the road full of thorns and continued to move forward. Life is like climbing, you will feel tired and you will encounter setbacks. You can bravely face the tribulation, enjoy the present time, treat all hardships with a normal heart, adjust your state and continue to climb. One day, you will see the most beautiful scenery.