Inspirational story

The road to inspirational entrepreneurship for the disabled


Dong Ming is a typical "80" in the Qiaokou District of Wuhan. Her dream is to be a diving athlete. When she was 6 years old, she was selected by the Hubei Diving Team. Just as she was full of embarrassment for the future, she unfortunately fell into a high paraplegia in a training session when she was 9 years old in 1995. She was unconscious under the neck, her limbs were paralyzed, her bowel movements were completely incontinent, and the hospital issued a notice of critical illness three times...

However, the god of death retreats again and again before Dong Ming’s tenacious perseverance. Although the body was completely unable to move during the first 6 years of the injury, and lost language function in 10 years, she could only sit in a wheelchair, but she did not lose her heart. "To be self-help, self-reliance, self-reliance, continue to interpret his brilliant life. "She wants to take advantage of this "unique unique opportunity," from self-study to high school courses. Since she couldn't speak at the time and couldn't read the text aloud, she whispered over and over again in her heart. She couldn't hold the pen in her hand, and she wrote a picture in her heart. Many good-hearted people are moved by her spirit of self-study, not only for material aid, but also for spiritual encouragement. Despite this, Dong Ming, who is born in an ordinary family, is still unable to accept expensive rehabilitation. She did not blame everyone, insisted on self-healing with the perseverance that ordinary people could not imagine, and finally had a miracle in the sixth year after the injury. When the upper arm gradually became aware, she asked her parents to buy a second-hand computer. It was difficult to use the upper arm to push the arm to practice typing, and tried to contribute to the press, not only to self-sufficient in the cost of the manuscript, but also a certain amount of savings. To this end, she said: "My success stems from my persistence and is more due to the care of my parents and society."

Perseverance in practice, so that she can slowly make some sounds in 2005, so she came up with the idea of ​​volunteering. With inconvenience, she, with the help of her parents, worked as a teacher in a deaf-mute school and volunteered to teach deaf-mute children to learn to speak. After a period of adaptation, she no longer relied on her parents, but instead walked to the school by herself in a wheelchair and officially registered as a volunteer two years later. Since then, she has served as a non-smoking ambassador, environmental volunteers, and civilized cross-road advisers. When doing these things, she always feels grateful: "It is love that makes me feel the beauty of life, and for the disabled, I can appreciate the charm and significance of social care."

After completing the high school curriculum, Dong Ming also completed the English and Japanese in the middle of the radio on the radio. In 2007, he was admitted to the "Social Work Major" of the Central Radio and Television University. He also minored in psychology and became a national second with excellent results. Level counselor.

In 2008, after the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province, Dong Ming shook the wheelchair and volunteered to take to the streets to launch a donation and donate blood for six days. When I saw on the TV the news of the volunteers in the disaster area who were in urgent need of professional psychological counseling, Dong Ming immediately took out his own payment and persuaded the parents to pay out the 10,000 yuan treatment fee for her, and the whole family went to the front line of the disaster area.

In Shifang City, a 7-year-old boy lost his parents in the earthquake and was reluctant to say anything to anyone. After learning about the incident, Dong Ming immediately took a wheelchair to find the little boy and continued to accompany him for 6 days as a big sister. In the end, the boy broke the silence with meticulous care.

Infected by Dong Ming, the parents also became volunteers in the disaster area. The father was responsible for assisting in the transportation of materials, and the mother changed the medicine and scrubbed the wounded. Dong Ming, with his strength and hard work, helped five children whose parents died, to open their hearts and speak again. More than 40 severely disabled people have re-established their courage to live...

Dong Ming’s deeds in the disaster area have touched countless people. She has been hailed as “an wheelchair angel” by media at home and abroad. Dong Ming also set up the “Dong Ming Love Volunteer Team” and “Dong Ming Free Psychological Counseling Studio” in due course. They used the lessons learned to invest in the monthly contribution to the studio and provided long-term benefits for the unemployed, laid-off and lost love groups. Free psychological counseling.

Since the opening of “Dong Ming Free Psychological Counseling Studio”, she has received more than 5,000 visitors, of which more than 600 visitors have joined the “Dong Ming Love Volunteer Team” because of her love. Lead the next person to help more people in need.

During the Beijing Olympics, Dong Ming was invited as a special correspondent of CCTV. He participated in the Olympic report. After the opening of the Paralympic Games, she was elected as a Paralympic volunteer and was active in the National Aquatics Center “Water Cube”. Her deeds have deeply touched the former president of the International Olympic Committee, Samaranch, and the current chairman, Mr. Rogge, who gave her high praise: "If you can be as dedicated as Dong Ming, the Olympics will certainly be able to draw more power to participate. ""

Dong Ming said optimistically: "I physically accept that I am a disabled person, but I don't want to admit that my life and mentality are also disabled. Sitting in a wheelchair is not only my fault, but the best condition for me to be a volunteer. ""

In view of Dong Ming's selfless dedication and volunteerism, she was selected as the third national moral model in 2019. In order to carry forward her volunteerism and establish and improve the social volunteer service system, in early 2019, Hubei Province and Wuhan City established the “Dong Ming Volunteer Service Corps” in the mouth area, with 18 teams and 135 service stations. More than 50,000 registered community volunteers have been serving the streets and alleys of the district.

Known as the beautiful "wheelchair angel", Dong Ming never stopped pursuing the conviction. She said: "As long as I have the ability to help others, I have no right to stand by. Because in the process of loving others, I can understand To the true meaning of life, we can also make life in life-long volunteering.

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