Yang Fu, head of Fuzhou Xingyu School, interacts with students during a math class at Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
FUZHOU, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Founded in July 2012, Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province is a public special education school for autistic children. Currently, there are 192 students in the school.
Children with autism are known as "children like the stars" in China. Autism in China has an incidence rate of 0.7 percent, and more than 2 million children under the age of 12 are autistic.
The Xingyu School has set up a curriculum covering education from preschool to vocational high school for autistic children. After years of training and guidance, the children here have not only gained basic self-care abilities and communication skills, but also gradually showed their talents in various domains.
Teacher Zhang Zhongjia gives a music lesson at Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Nie Qinshui teaches students to dribble basketball at Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Teacher Hua Yaodong gives a lesson at Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Huang Can teaches students to play the drum kit at Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Yang Fu, head of Fuzhou Xingyu School, gives a math lesson at the school in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Teachers guide students on medical checkup at Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Teacher Zheng Yuxin encourages students during an art class at Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Chen Shiwen teaches a student to make the bed at Fuzhou Xingyu School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)■
