Photo Essay: A Communal Solution to Disability Discrimination
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Yan Xinyu, a garment worker at Rukang Jiayuan who has an intellectual disability, shyly covers her face with fabric while being photographed. Photo: Zheng Haipeng
Si Xinran, a 25-year-old with hearing impairment, had been struggling to find work. “Companies would reject me as soon as they saw my condition,” she said. Feeling her disability was an obstacle she could never overcome, Si had almost given up — until she discovered a novel community in eastern China that changed her life.
Rukang Jiayuan, in Wenshang county, Shandong province, is home to more than 40 disabled residents who live, learn, and work together across a variety of jobs.
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What Happened When
- 2013：
- Zhou Guangchen, aged 24, falls from three stories during a work accident, causing paraplegia.
- After 2013：
- Zhou Guangchen locks himself at home for more than seven years due to the accident.
- 2022：
- Tian Changfang tries traditional labor dispatch for disabled people, but only two of over 20 remain by year-end.
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