Sports rehab center for disabled kids opens in Tibet
China DailyCao Longjun, an associate professor of the Tianjin University of Sport, trains a child with sports aphasia. A sports rehabilitation training center opened recently in Chamdo city in the Tibet autonomous region, becoming the region's first physical rehabilitation training center for disabled children. Located in the Chamdo City Special School, the establishment of the center is jointly launched by the Tianjin TIANTI Youth Sports Public Welfare Development Center, the Tianjin University of Sport from Tianjin municipality, the Chamdo City Education and Sports Bureau, and the Chamdo Special Education School. Wang Jian, dean of the school of social sports and health sciences of Tianjin University of Sport, said that the training center is designed for children with cerebral palsy, physical disabilities, autism or audio-visual impairment. The Tianjin TIANTI Youth Sports Public Welfare Development Center and the Tianjin University of Sport have raised more than 400,000 yuan of donations for the project.