In the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the disabled are "the group with special difficulties", and the cause of the disabled is "the cause of spring".

The General Secretary always keeps in mind the life of the disabled; The General Secretary often keeps in mind the difficult needs of the disabled; The General Secretary always places great hopes on the dreams of the disabled.

General Secretary Xi Jinping's concern for the disabled is like a warm spring breeze, giving people the strength to forge ahead. There are 85 million disabled people walking with Chunguang, full of hope.

Spring breeze turns to rain and warms people's hearts: "The disabled are a group with special difficulties and need special attention"

In 2014, on the eve of the Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Hohhot Children's Welfare Home in Inner Mongolia to visit the children living here.

Most of the children adopted here have congenital disabilities. In order to let the children feel the warmth of the family, every four children and a couple in the welfare home form a "simulated family".

On that day, General Secretary Xi Jinping sent New Year gifts to the children in the welfare home, and also had a cordial exchange with Jing Fengying, the "loving mother".

On November 3, 2017, Jing Fengying, a "loving mother", held two children in the children's welfare home in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Photographed by Wang Jingqiang, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency

"We hope that the children in the welfare home will live a healthy life and grow up happily like other children in the motherland. This is our greatest wish", General Secretary Xi Jinping said with emotion.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "disabled people are a group with special difficulties, and they need special attention." Moments of warmth condensed General Secretary Xi Jinping's deep feelings for disabled people for decades.

"Give them more help in time of need." When he was secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, Comrade Xi Jinping heard that a disabled employee who was sick and retired had a difficult life. He specially coordinated with the relevant units to rent a commercial store to him, and handled relevant subsidies for him;

"Families with disabilities should not be left behind". When working in Zhejiang, I visited people in need before the Spring Festival. Although the schedule was tight and needed to be streamlined, I still specifically told the staff this way;

"We must be more considerate." During the period of taking charge of Shanghai, the leaders who organized the Special Olympics took care of everything from secure seats, inconvenient passageways to strict food safety bottom line, because these athletes "are all different children"

Think of it in this way. Time and time again, I only want to see how the disabled families are doing; Time and time again, I reached out my hand to help the disabled because I "should pay special attention" to them

General Secretary Xi Jinping practiced and set an example by himself, leading Party committees and governments at all levels to keep in mind the sufferings and hardships of the disabled, and to solve the "difficulties and anxieties" of the disabled in a timely manner.

The Spring Sprouting is always new: "The disabled can also live a wonderful life"

In the classroom of Hohhot Special Education School in Inner Mongolia, Wang Yani, a teacher of beauty and hairdressing, sometimes pointed to the knowledge points on the blackboard to "explain", and sometimes picked up beauty tools to skillfully demonstrate. The students were glued to the classroom. Different from other classes, the communication between teachers and students is conducted through sign language.

This is a silent classroom, but people who are in it can always "hear" a special voice: that is, the spring seedlings are growing at a jointing point.

Becoming a teacher is Wang Yani's childhood dream. It was the warm meeting that made her unforgettable about 10 years ago that lit up this dream.

On January 28, 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was studying in Inner Mongolia, came to the welfare home where Xiao Yani lived. The General Secretary smiled and learned sign language from her, and encouraged her to study hard and succeed in her studies. Since then, Wang Yani has read and studied more carefully, and finally became a special education teacher, lighting up the dreams of more disabled children.

General Secretary Xi Jinping regards the disabled as equal members of the social family and an important force in adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, and believes that "the disabled are fully ambitious and capable of making significant contributions to human society".

During the investigation in Tangshan Paraplegia Sanatorium, he took the lead in applauding for the singing of the paraplegic patients, saying that "the healthy people can live a wonderful life, and the disabled can also live a wonderful life";

On July 28, 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the paraplegic patients in Tangshan Paraplegia Sanatorium. Photographed by Lan Hongguang, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency

At the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, he put his hands on the shoulders of Hu Lin, a national model of self-reliance and armless painter, and encouraged: "Xiao Hu Lin, continue to work hard";

After learning that the Chinese Paralympic athletes have achieved excellent results at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, they praised the "Chinese Legion"

General Secretary Xi Jinping protects the dreams of dream chasers, points out the direction of enterprisers, and leads the disabled to pursue the perfection of life in their disability and sing the triumphant song of life in adversity.

The spring is just right: "promote the all-round development of the cause of the disabled"

During the National Two Sessions in 2022, political voices and public opinions will exchange and resonate.

At the joint group meeting of the members of the agricultural, social welfare and social security sectors of the CPPCC National Committee, the Yixi Dawa member from Sichuan put forward a proposal: establish an input mechanism for community rehabilitation services, and provide policy support for patients with serious mental disorders to receive community rehabilitation services.

At that time, the mental disorder rehabilitation service in China, especially community service, was insufficient. In practice, many patients with mental disorders are repeatedly admitted to the hospital due to the lack of community rehabilitation services after acute treatment.

After listening to the suggestion of Yixidawa, General Secretary Xi Jinping made an important instruction on the spot, asking "to care for people with mental disorders".

On March 6, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited members of the agricultural sector, social welfare and social security sectors who participated in the CPPCC session. Photographed by Ju Peng, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

Since then, national policies such as the Administrative Measures for the Sharing and Referral of Community Rehabilitation Service Resources for Mental Disorders have been introduced in succession, raising a sky for people with mental disorders.

"All construction undertakings should include the cause of the disabled", General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed.

From the clear barrier free environment construction "is a symbol of a country and social civilization", it requires "high attention"; To exhort the medical staff to "set up the idea of treating the disabled as relatives, and provide thoughtful and meticulous services for the disabled"; Then it comes to the emphasis on "paying attention to the health of the disabled" and establishing the goal of "everyone has access to rehabilitation services"

General Secretary Xi Jinping is concerned about all aspects of the cause of the disabled.

Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the cause of the disabled has been more fully integrated into the overall work of the Party and the country.

On the battlefield of a decisive victory over a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, General Secretary Xi Jinping's call for "not one disabled person can be missing" is full of strength, and more than 7.1 million rural poor disabled people have been lifted out of poverty as a whole, completely changing the fate of disabled people accompanied by poverty for thousands of years.

Today, in the grand blueprint of Chinese modernization, "promoting the all-round development of the cause of the disabled" is even more important.

"The cause of spring" is flourishing, and the disabled are enjoying the warm sunshine and spring together with the healthy people.