Dr. knocking on the blind stick: "I can't see the road under my feet but touch the light of humanities"

Author:Guangming Daily Time:2022.09.20

On the day of the doctor's registration, Cai Cong knocked on the blind stick to enter the school

September 5th is a new student of the University of Social Sciences. At 14:46, a freshman knocked on a blind stick to the school gate.

He couldn't see the road under his feet, and even the words "Graduate School of the University of China" were only "red" in his eyes, but he told himself: "Here."

He is Cai Cong, a doctoral student of Grade 2022 of the School of Press and Communication of Social Science and Technology.

In the year of blindness, his life just started

Cai Cong at the "Strange Conference"

(The official Weibo of the "Story of the Strange")

Many people know Cai Cong because of a variety show called "Strange Conference": he conquered Cai Kangyong, Gao Xiaosong, He Yan and other "big coffees" with a seven -minute speech and became the fourth season debaters of the "Strange Conference". one. What many people don't know is that Cai Cong's life is equally exciting in front of the stage and behind the scenes.

In 1986, Cai Cong was born in Shashi, Jingzhou, Hubei Province. At the age of ten, he was diagnosed as a drug -based glaucoma. He asked for medicine and asked for medicine. In half a year, he became a visually impaired person with a vision of only 0.02. Light.

The people around him sighed: "A good child, it's over."

But for Cai Cong, his life has just begun.

Cai Cong did not give up!

If he can't see the blackboard, he listens converge. With "listening", Cai Cong's studies did not fall. When he was in high school, his vision dropped further and was close to all blindness. Throughout high school, he studied and read with the help of teachers and classmates.

Being a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher ... Like an ordinary child, Cai Cong’s university dream is also a multi -choice, but because he can't see it, he can't take the college entrance examination like other children. The way to read the questions to assist him to complete the college entrance examination, and was eventually rejected on the grounds of "no precedent". In the end, Cai Cong could only participate in a single test and admitted to the Acupuncture and Massage Department of Changchun University Special Education College -colleges and majors set up for the blind.

As soon as the school started, the counselor gave everyone grateful education. He said that after being admitted to college, it means that there is a way out. Everyone must learn to be grateful. After graduation, you can support himself by massaging this "craft". Unrealistic thoughts.

Cai Cong doesn't understand: Is massage the fate of blind people?

Having said that, Cai Cong didn't know what he could do at that time.

Until college graduation, no matter whether he likes or not, other students have found a job related to massage, and Cai Cong feels that he can "rescue" again.

Fortunately, a sound studio called "OnePlus One" recruits an intern of visually impaired broadcast programs. This is a domestic blind sound studio initiated by the disabled. Opportunities for your own destiny.

Landmark Beijing, provides accommodation, only 800 yuan a month, half a year of internship. This is very satisfying for Cai Cong.

Cai Cong is interviewing

(Picture source network)

But at the same time, Cai Cong also ushered in unprecedented challenges. Without any news to write the foundation, he can only start from the beginning: find a choice, contact the interview guests, interviews, edit, write drafts, and modify it again and again ... At that time, Cai Cong's most fearful thing was to do the street, The invisible reporters, holding the microphone and recording pens, stopped the pedestrians one after another on the street, not only had to gain the trust of each other in the fastest time, but also asked their true thoughts on each topic.

In the crowd, Cai Cong didn't know how many times he had been rejected. Can't stop the pedestrians passing by on the street, Cai Cong ran to the subway and "grasped" the passengers interviewed one by one.

This process is painful to Cai Cong, but it is also happy. Because he has the opportunity to contact the concept of equality and integration of disability, and makes him feel more dignified in life. He is full of motivation and hopes to spread such beliefs to more people. With this toughness, Cai Cong's show is becoming more and more popular, and many blind people call to call, saying that Cai Cong answered many of their lives and psychological confusion.

"I am willing to be a trial for the disabled group and experience different lives. I also want to tell them with my actual experience that in addition to blind massage, they can have more choices."

Cai Cong also founded the "Someone" magazine, and also started training and media advocacy. He hoped that more people knew that "disability is not a mistake, but a state of human diversity."

Choosing Social Sciences because the light of humanities here is "just right"

Cai Cong is being interviewed

So far, Cai Cong still remembers a sentence that the teacher often hangs on his mouth when he was a child: "Classmates, you see Cai Cong, you are so good to study like this. You have hands and feet and eyes. ?"

Although this is a compliment, every time he feels like he has been pierced. This makes his sensitive heart more complicated. He does not want to be the "excellent" person in the teacher's mouth. He would rather be a less excellent ordinary person.

In addition to his own experience, Cai Cong also noticed when doing the mass media monitoring work that when traditional media and new media reappeared the framework of disabled reports, they were concentrated on these 24 words: the body is still lingering. How can you be strong, the tragic world, great love.

Although such reports are full of positive energy, Cai Cong hopes that the media and the public will have a more three -dimensional framework when they know people with disabled, instead of simply and stereotypes. Essence

Like everyone, they have various needs. They are the same as everyone, and they have the right to participate in equal participation. They are not the same "other", but one after another "me": Some people are programmers,, some are programmers,, some are programmers, who are programmers,, some are programmers, who are programmers,, some people are programmers,, some are programmers, who are programmers,, some are programmers,, some are programmers, who are programmers,, some are programmers, who are programmers,, some people are programmers, they are programmers,, some people are programmers, they are programmers,, some people are programmers. Some people want to be a teacher, and some people have fairy love. Similarly, they have such troubles like ordinary people.

Ten years ago, Cai Cong had the opportunity to participate in the research topics of Teacher Bu Wei and Mr. Liu Xiaohong's printing media (Teacher Bu Wei, a special professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Journalism and Communication of the University of China). "I opened a door by the teacher and felt the charm of the process of exploring the question with scientific methods and found the answer. At the same time, the professional knowledge of the teacher often quoted by the teacher and the direction of social development also gave me a grass'," Cai Cong said.

The reason why he finally decided to choose the University of Social Sciences is that this is the highest hall of philosophy and social science research. It has a humanistic temperament and humanistic inheritance. The edge group "dances" together, "In their eyes, we are not the object of research, but the same important participants as them. Here, I can touch the true light of humanities."

Buwei and Cai Cong took a photo

(The picture is provided by Buwei)

In the eyes of Bu Wei, Cai Cong is also a man of humanities. In the topic of "Promoting the Employment of Ligue People by Communication" by the International Labor Organization, all members of the research group became Cai Cong's students first. For the first time, everyone saw the "Light of Humanities" of Cai Cong and their social organizations. Understand the disability from the perspective of human rights, understand "I am not your inspirational model", and understand that "do not make a decision without our participation" ...

Teacher Buwei circle of friends

(The picture is provided by Buwei)

When he learned that Cai Cong was admitted to Dr., Bu Wei cried excitedly! The process of cooperating for more than ten years to promote the integration of disability is her and Cai Cong's process of "going to each other", and the process of "mutual shining" of the light of humanities.

Speaking of the doctoral research plan, Cai Cong pouted and smiled, feeling that there were a lot of sparks in his mind, and each one was difficult to give up. For example, the disabled person promotes the process of barrier -free and inclusive design of the "big factory"; the integration space production of the disabled persons; the medium use and educational integration of disabled college students, and so on.

The only thing Cai Cong can now be sure is that the theoretical knowledge must be "thick", and at the same time, the problem must be "specialized", constantly polishing research issues, and finding the balance point of social value and academic value.

Close your eyes, you can see a different world

Cai Cong and his wife, child

(The picture is provided by Cai Cong)

Cai Cong's wife is also a visually impaired "halfway". The appearance of Cai Cong made her "see" the future.

His wife Xiao Jia has also become a light in Cai Cong's life. He can always draw strength from his wife and achieve a better self. Two people are like -minded to explore non -visual photography, non -visual yoga, non -visual makeup ...

Cai Cong said that the reason for defining "non -vision" is a challenge to "visual -centered, standard, and conventional culture".

"We don't call blind photography, no blind yoga, and not called blind makeup. In fact, we want to say that this is not a special function of blind people, but a new non -visual culture that breaks the visual centralism. Everyone can participate in Come in".

Cai Cong said that on the one hand, they used these "seemingly impossible" to inspire more disabled people to come out of the self -denial created by the environment, and believe that they can create the possibility. On the other hand, they are also using this contradiction to attract more interesting "normal people", let everyone approach first, and then have the opportunity to explore what kind of perspectives to look at the disabled. In the end, it was building a new culture.

This culture does not make everyone feel the magic of blind people, but to let everyone challenge the existing and normal norms, stop, close their eyes, and understand the world with heart. For example, non -visual photography, not how good machines and beautiful compositions are focused on, but to help everyone find it back, pick up the impulse of the camera, and think about who wants to share with ...

In fact, Cai Cong has always wanted to convey a concept to us: disability, or "invisible" is just a person's characteristics or conditions. What really makes us live in the social environment. There are many obstacles.

Maybe each of us is a disabled, but each of us is born with extraordinary.

Entry information when Cai Cong goes on for doctoral freshmen

I wish Cai Cong's day in the small courtyard, as he laughed brightly like when he took a picture of a student card!