给人权观察的信
亲爱的人权观察，
我是一个从中国长大的而且在那儿上过学的美国公民。我很担心中国的教育系统。我很想让系统为了残疾人而改变因为现在他们只得到一点点知识。
中国教育系统对残疾人有一点点问题。中国缺少了很多的培训跟残疾人工作的特殊教育老师，这造成学校不知道对残疾人做什么，这也造成了他们没有知识。这造成了残疾人不能上高中或读高一点的知识，这造成了他们又很小的工作的选择，而且们他们没有足够的钱去照顾他们自己。在我2013年十二月跟我妈去中国收养我妹妹的时候，我们看见了很多的人在路上乞讨。大多数的是残疾人。
中国在2011年在“残疾人权利公约”里面说到残疾人的教育。在第24章他们说：“残疾人不因残疾而被排拒于普通教育系统之外”我把这个翻译成学校必须招任何的学生，包括残疾人。但是，当他们把残疾学生招进来的时候，据我的经验，他们一般都不会教他们。中国还说残疾人可以有合理的调节而且他们在提供教学材料给残疾人。我妹妹是盲人，她在中国去了一个特殊学校，那里有一些盲人打字器给那些盲童学生用。但是，他们并没有让盲童学生用因为他们说他们会弄坏的。中国还同意了让残疾人去正常学校，但是他们因为让那些残疾学生不跟正常学生上学而继续建筑“特殊”学校。
我从我的人生经验曾对付过中国教育系统和他们的问题。我是在2012年三月在我十二岁的时候被收养的而且我又脑性瘫痪。我姐姐是在2012年十二月在她十四岁的时候被收养的而且也有脑性瘫痪。我妹妹是在2013年十二月在她十三岁的时候被收养的而且是盲人。我们三个每一个都有教学的想法，但是我们在中国都有类似的经验。我们三个每一个现在都在公共中学上学而且我们都有合理的调节方法学习。我的盲童妹妹在中国去了一个特殊学校，但是因为她是其中一个最聪明的学生，那些老师会要她教那些培植学生，但不会教我妹妹。一般的时间他们都不会让学生用特殊的用具，想盲文打字器。很多的在我住在的福利院的孩子在中国都没上学因为他们有更严重的残疾。他们在福利院得到很少很少的知识。我福利院的朋友有能力去读书而且很想去学校。但是，那些阿姨们都没有让她去学校因为她的残疾很严重。
有时候我老师不让我考体育考试因为她觉得我不能做因为我的脑性瘫痪。结果那个老师在我的成绩本弄了零分。我的一个朋友有脊柱侧弯有同样的经验。我现在在美国是一个高级腰带功夫学生，所以我觉得我身体上能做的比我三年前的老师想的要多得多。
我很想要人权观察说服中国去做当她们在联合国签残疾人权利公约的事情，尤其是第24章：教育。这个会是为了对残疾儿童读书机会和长期改善一个好的开始。
我有一些办法会影响中国教育的系统。请您考虑考虑。
除了聋哑人，我想让残疾人个没有残疾人一块上学。聋哑人应该去聋哑学校，而且在那里每个人都应该每时每刻做手语，这样他们就可以跟非聋哑人融入一个社会。聋哑学校的知识因该跟正常学校知识一样。
在中国教育系统，不同能力的学生现在都在学同样的东西而且是在同样的脚步。我觉得这是不对的。我觉得中国因为改改这个问题而且让学生感到他们适合那个组里。我想让老师支持学生这样他们会成为有用的人。我想当老师教学生的时候有一个积极的态度。我想老师判那些学生有多努力而不是他们有多少不能做。我想老师们弄一些时间让学生问问题这样学生能跟得上。学生应该被评判如果他们有没有做到他们的最好根据他们的能力。
我不想再学习当中有任何的打人的事情因为他们应该鼓励学生学习。比如，我被打了因为有一个我在一个大考试得到了很不理想的成绩。我脑性瘫痪的姐姐被打了很多次因为她不能跟上。我的盲童妹妹被打了因为她不知道她从来都没有看过的新东西。
我想让老师为那些学生弄一些调节，而不是告诉他们不能做事。我想残疾学生有一个个人教育计划而且每年学校应该为他们开一个会去看看他们做的怎么样而且他们在那儿应该最好点。
我想残疾学生在课里有对的用具给他们用。打一个例子，如果学生对写字有一点点问题，学校应该跟他们打印一些他们要学的东西这样他们可以跟得上。
我想让学校建筑和公共建筑建设的能让所有人能进和出。打一个例子，学校必须为了那些轮椅学生有电梯或是斜梯。
如果残疾学生能做一件事，我不想让老师告诉他们不能做。如果这件事发生了，残疾学生有权力反抗。
我想让残疾人跟非残疾人有同样的机会去大学或学院。如果他们的脑子可以做这件事儿，那他们应该允许进学校。
加上教育，我还担心中国其他人们权利问题，比如：
l 能做工作的残疾人在他们招聘的时候被排斥因为他们的残疾。
l 不管别人有什么残疾，他们的薪水应该是一样的。
l 不管他们能不能负那个钱，残疾小孩应该都会有早期训练服务。
这些可能会是以后我给您们写的信。
谢谢你花一些时间读我的信。我希望中国会改变改变而且会成为一个对大家更好的地方。
诚挚,
原因我把这个写在我的博客是因为我希望你们会为残疾人的教育系统站起来！
The reason I post it on my blog is that I hope that will let you to speak up about the education system for the disable too!
Dear Human Rights Watch,
I’m an American citizen who grew up in China and went to school there. I am concerned about the education system in China. I would like the system to be changed for the people with disabilities because they currently receive very little education.
There are some problems in China’s education system for the disabled. China has a lack of special education teachers with training to work with different disabilities, so the schools don’t know what to do with the students with disabilities, which causes them to be undereducated. This causes people with disabilities to not continue to high school or higher education, which causes them to have a very small choice of jobs, and they don’t have enough money to take care of themselves. On my trip to China in December 2013 with my mom to adopt my sister, we saw many people begging in the streets. Most of them were people with disabilities.
China did address education for the disabled in the “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” in 2011. In Article 24 they said “People with disabilities are not excluded from education.” I interpret this to mean that schools must take any students who enroll, including the disabled. However, when they do enroll disabled students, in my experience they often don’t teach them. China also said that people with disabilities can have reasonable accommodation and they are trying to provide educational material for the disabled. My sister, who is blind, went to a special school in China, which did have some braille writers for the blind students. However, they didn’t let the blind students use them because they said that maybe they would break them. China also agreed to let people with disabilities go to regular schools, but they continue to build “special” schools for the purpose of educating children with disabilities separately from nondisabled students.
I have some personal experience dealing with the Chinese educational system and its problems. I was adopted from China in March 2012 at the age of 12 and I have cerebral palsy. My older sister was adopted from China in December 2012 at the age of almost 14 and also has cerebral palsy. My younger sister was adopted from China in December 2013 at the age of 13 and is blind. Each of us had different education options, but similar experiences in China. Each of us is now attending a public middle school with appropriate accommodations to access a quality education. My blind sister went to a special school in China, but because she was one of the brightest students, the teacher would tell her to teach the students with cognitive disabilities, but would not teach my sister. Most of the time they didn’t let the students use special equipment, like braille writers. Many of the children in a major orphanage in China where I lived did not go to school because they had more significant disabilities. They received a very limited education inside the orphanage. My friend at the orphanage was able to learn and really wanted to go to school. However, the nannies didn’t let her go to school because her disabilities were so significant.
Sometimes my teacher didn’t let me take the PE test because she thought I couldn’t do it because of my cerebral palsy. As a result, the teacher put a zero on my report card. My friend with scoliosis had the same experience. I am now an advanced-belt Kung Fu student in America, so I think I am physically capable of much more than my PE teacher in China felt I could do just 3 years ago.
I would like the Human Rights Watch to convince China to do the things it agreed to do when signing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, specifically Article 24: Education. This would be a good start for improving the educational opportunities and long-term future for children in China who have disabilities.
I have some ideas to influence China’s educational system that maybe you’ll consider:
Except for deaf people, I want people with disabilities to go to school with people without disabilities. Deaf people should go to deaf school, and every person there should sign all the time so that they can be as involved with the community as the hearing people. I want the deaf students to go to the deaf school because I know that sometimes people forget to sign and they feel like they don’t belong to the community. The deaf school education should be the same as regular education.
For China’s education system, students with different abilities currently have to learn the same thing at the same rate. I think this is not right. I think China should fix this problem and let the students feel they fit in the group. I want the teachers to give the students support so they can be successful. The teachers should have a positive attitude toward the students as they learn. I want the teachers to grade on how hard students try not how much they can’t do. I want the teachers to set some time for questions so the students have time to catch up. Students should be graded on whether they work to the best of their ability.
I don’t want any hitting involved during learning because they should encourage the students to learn. For example, I got hit because one time I got a really bad grade on a big test. My sister with Cerebral Palsy was hit a lot because she couldn’t keep up. My blind sister was hit because she didn’t know some new thing that she had not seen before.
I want the teachers to make some accommodation for the students instead of telling them that they can’t do something. I want the students with disabilities to have an Individual Education Plan and every year the school should have a meeting for them to see how they are doing and what they should do better.
I want the students with disabilities to have the right material for them that they can use for their class. For example, if the students are having trouble writing, the school should print the material so they can keep up.
I want the school buildings and public works buildings designed so that all people with disabilities can get in and out; for example, the school must have an elevator or ramp for the wheelchair people.
I don’t want the teachers to tell the students with disabilities they can’t do something that they really can do. If that happens, students with disabilities should have the right speak up.
I want the people with disabilities to have equal opportunities as other people to get in to university or college. If they are mentally capable of doing the work, they should be allowed in to the school.
In addition to education, I am also concerned about other human rights problems in China, such as:
· Hiring discrimination against people with disabilities who could actually do the job.
· Equal pay for performance regardless of disability.
· Early intervention services for children with disabilities no matter if they can afford to pay or not.
These might be some of the future letters I will write to you.
Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I hope that China will change and become a place that is better for everyone.
Sincerely,
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