Zhang Haidi

Zhang Haidi is a Chinese writer, translator, and chairwoman of China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities (CASPD), the national paralympic committee of China. A paraplegic since early childhood, she has been called the Helen Keller and Pavel Korchagin of China. Since the early 1980s, she has been hailed as a role model for disabled people and for Chinese youths in general, a "Lei Feng of the 80s".