Profile: Disabled self-made online storyteller smiles at life – China

by Xinhua writers Qiang Lijing, Tai Sicong and Yao Yulin BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — As a popular storyteller on China’s online audio-sharing platform Ximalaya FM, headmaster of a training school and founder of an NGO offering mental health services, Cao Yan seems always full of beans and ready for new adventures. “I would like to do things that others have never done before. Of course, such things must be useful to the society,” Cao said. However, her audience may never know that such a lovely voice belongs to a 60-year-old woman who has suffered from severe disabilities for decades….