Preface -- She Enjoys Idioms and Fables -- Interview with Miss Li Lin 's Mother and Li Lin -- Interview with Li Lin 's Teacher -- Observation of Li Lin at the Sunshine Home -- Experienced Employee of an Office Supply Company -- Interview with Mr. Guojun Zhang's Mother -- Interview with Colleague of Guojun Zhang (Ⅰ).-Interview with Guojun Zhang -- Observation of Guojun Zhang at Work -- Personal Experiences of Social Progress -- Personal Experiences of Social Progress -- Out-of-school Child Entering Sports Field -- Observation of Dan Cao at the Sunshine Home -- A Square Dancing Celebrity -- Observation of Mr. LZ at the Sunshine Home -- Down Syndrome Boy Loving History Books -- Observation of Wei Yang at the Sunshine Home -- Observation of Xiaodong Yu at the Sunshine Home -- A Telephone Operator at a Sunshine Workshop -- Great Expectations, Now That My Special Olympics Hero Got His Own Daughter -- Observation of Miss F at School.

Open Access

This open access book contains the oral histories that were inspired by the work of the Special Olympics in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of its founding. The foreword and prefatory materials provide an overview of the Special Olympics and its growth in the People’s Republic of China. The sections that follow record interview transcripts of individuals with intellectual disabilities living in Shanghai. In addition to chronicling the involvement of these individuals and their families in the Special Olympics movement, the interview transcripts also capture their daily lives and how they have navigated school and work.