Photography classes putting disabled children in the picture

Children at Anding Primary School in Jingdong Yi autonomous county, Yunnan province. check their photos. [Photo by Liu Yuyang/For China Daily]

Inclusive tuition offers hope for physically challenged youngsters, as Liu Wei and Cao Pengyuan report for Xinhua China Features.

'My dream is to be a soldier guarding the country," said 13-year-old Yongzhi proudly. Sadly, his dream may never come true because a hereditary limb condition means he is unlikely to grow as tall as his peers.

Yongzhi is one of 18 disabled children at Anding Primary School in Jingdong Yi autonomous county, Yunnan province in Southwest China. He is popular and known for his frequent laughter, but secretly he is scared of being mocked by his able-bodied classmates.

However, since he has joined a photography class, he has gradually become more confident.