Source: Science and Technology Daily
◎ Zhang Galen
Recently, Xing Yifan, a special new student of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has attracted attention from all walks of life. He is 18 years old and weighs only 18 kilograms. At 6 months old, Xing Yifan was diagnosed with LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy, commonly known as "frostbite".
Xing Yifan took a group photo with his parents
Xing Yifan could not do without a wheelchair, and sitting and standing was already the limit of his athletic ability. He couldn't turn the book with one hand, and his head could hardly turn on his own. From childhood to adulthood, in every class, Xing Yifan's parents were with him. They say that every day is a challenge, every day is a charge.
The disease has been developing, and the struggle with fate has not stopped. In this year's college entrance examination, Xing Yifan scored 645 points and was admitted to Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The teacher of Beihang airlines told this family that the most difficult thing you have done has been done, and the rest will be left to us.
Xing Yifan's figure entering the campus makes people see the resilience of life. Illness had been devouring his athletic abilities, but not his hopes for the future. He did not give up on himself, and he also tried to make life different from ordinary people more qualitative.
Along the way, the various difficulties that Xing Yifan encountered were unimaginable. It can be guessed that his parents must have made great sacrifices and paid a lot of hard work. And the schools he stayed in, the teachers and classmates he got along with, should have put a lot of thought into him.
Love Dormitory
This love continues. Beihang provided Xing Yifan with a loving dormitory on the first floor and also provided conditions for his mother to accompany him to study.
A rare disease patient trapped in a wheelchair who ends up in a higher education institution is indeed inspirational and moving. At the same time, we also see the warmth of society.
In order for Xing Yifan to realize his dream, in addition to the indomitable "fate kisses me with pain, but I repay it with a song", he also needs practical help. This help comes from families, schools, society and the health system. These helpers are not sympathy, but the "rightful thing" of a warm society.
An impressive detail is that before Xing Yifan entered the school, the college he was about to study contacted the Peking University Hospital team that provided him with medical guidance and conducted a joint free consultation of multi-disciplinary experts to study how to make Xing Yifan study, live and act at the university with more quality.
Xing Yifan stayed in the dormitory
Yes, in addition to being moved, in addition to a "come on", Xing Yifan also needs scientific and meticulous help.
He wants to be China's Hawking and change the world with knowledge. Hawking created a medical miracle, which also benefited from the huge investment of medical resources behind it – which is not something that one person can do.
Previously, Wei Xiang, a graduate of Dingxi No. 1 Middle School in Gansu Province, had congenital spina bifida, spinal cysts, and loss of motor function of both lower limbs after birth. He wrote to Tsinghua University to "ask for a dark room", and then had the reply letter that brushed the screen - "Life is really hard, but please believe enough." Tsinghua University has also taken practical measures to create convenience for Wei Xiang's study and life. This year, he has successfully completed his studies, obtained a direct doctoral qualification, and went to the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to continue his doctoral studies.
Such a story cannot be written by individual hard work alone.
We respect and admire Xing Yifan, and we must also know that for groups with special needs, all sectors of society should consider more, go further, and do more perfect and more humane, so that they can start a difficult mode of life and encounter a little less difficulties. We must not only give a thumbs up to Xing Yifan, but also create a friendly environment for them to realize their own value. The warmth of society is the power of lifting. The previous and future roads, everyone must go together.
Source: Science and Technology Daily The picture in the article is from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics