How a 19-year-old suffering from brittle bone disease beats the odds to excel academically

A 19-year-old student from China has overcome her disease to excel in academics. Tian Yanqing, from Hubei in central China, suffers from brittle bone disease, leaving her housebound for a majority of her adolescent years. Despite physical constraints, with the support of a volunteer teacher, she achieved a 621 in the national college entry examination in June 2025.