During this meet, we spent about 1 hour talking in-depth about her life and interest. Last time, we asked her to pay attention to her daily life and take some notes if she feels that something is not accessible enough for her. So, we discussed it during this meet.

Bikes

She lives very far away from her school. It takes about 2 hours on her way back home every day by the metro. The worse situation is that the metro station is not conveniently near her home. Therefore, she has to walk about 10-20 minutes to the metro station every day, which is a heavy burden for her. Her legs often pain after walking for a comparatively long distance. Therefore, she and her father want her to learn how to ride a bike. However, because of cerebral palsy, she is a little unbalanced. Therefore, we anticipate that she might have trouble controlling the balance of the bike. Until now, she has not ever tried to learn to ride a bike. I suggested her to try to learn to ride bikes with protective measures. It may be possible to design some mechanisms or design a bike that is accessible to her.

Hobbies

She is very fond of traditional Chinese drawings. She takes part in a club in the school and gets trained. Since one of her hands is fully functioned, she draws very well and gets praised in school! In addition to that, she is also trying other hobbies like photographing and ceramic art in her spare time.

Major

She is now major in graphic design. Currently, she is learning to use Photoshop and will be learning to use Premier to edit pictures and videos. She can do all the work with her fully functioning hand. She chose this major because she is abler than many of her classmates since this major requires a higher level of learning and practice. And she loves to learn it. However, she also worries that she may not get a well-paid job compared to other normal students who learn the same skills like her. Also, she thinks English is becoming a barrier for her to live and work in Shanghai.