Xie Yuxing, a 10-year-old deaf and dumb girl from the mountainous region in northern Fujian Province, attends classes in Nanping, southeast China's Fujian Province, October 28, 2009. The misfortune to Xie Yuxin upon her birth as being deaf-mute does not mean the doom to her fate, as she started normal schooling since the age of seven, and now a grade 4 student in the special education school, growing up with the solicitudes and helps from the society and the school. Xie Yuxin was born into a deaf-mute family, as her parents are deaf and dumb. She was integrated into the big family of special education since 7-year-old, and the 4 years' life of boarding school has been successful anneal to her strong character, not only having enriched her with substantial knowledge, but also taught her the way of behaving as a upright person. "My dumb daughter and her dumb husband never receive one day schooling and are both illiterate, suffer enough scourge of illiteracy," her grandmother says, "nowadays the whole society care about the disabled children, I really appreciate that Yuxin will be literate and knowledgable." "Deaf-mute students in the special education school live like a big family," says teacher Que Guilin, "They don't have to care about life's trivialities, and can engross in study in very good mood, as they are free of charges for tuition and boarding fees, even with subsidy for the meals." [Xinhua]

Xie Yuxing (R), a 10-year-old deaf and dumb girl from the mountainous region in northern Fujian Province, reads the extracurricular books, in Nanping, southeast China's Fujian Province, October 29, 2009. [Xinhua]