Hefei (CNS) -- A disabled couple in Hefei of Anhui Province has compiled and written a 200,000-word dictionary for the deaf.
The first of its kind in China, the dictionary will be published this year, according to its author Cui Jiping.
Since 2006, Cui and his wife have spent over 300,000 yuan on research by experts and scholars for the dictionary.
Designed as a reference for those who work with and educate the deaf, the dictionary includes over 1,000 related phrases.
Cui Jiping was born in a remote village in Anhui's Nanling County in 1969. His disability was caused by poliomyelitis at 11 years old.
He was enrolled at Changchun University in 1991 and quit his job to start his own business in 1996.
His current company was founded in Hefei in February of 2007, and is focused on the development, manufacture and selling of products for the deaf and elderly.
In 2009, Cui was awarded with the National Model of Self-improvement. His current goal is to create the best brand in the service industry for the disabled.
Cui said it was his deaf wife that gave him the idea to develop special devices for the disabled.
One of his inventions is a wireless doorbell system that alerts the resident through a flash or vibration.
Cui told CNS his dream is to help as many disabled people as possible.
