Artist with hearing loss teaches disabled children

Chen Hongxi has been teaching art since 2011. But at the Anxiang Special Education School in Anxiang county, Hunan province, the typical becomes atypical.

Chen, 36, who uses a hearing aid, teaches students who may have similar difficulties or other physical or mental disabilities.

The school, founded in 1996, teaches about 110 students - 60 percent of them have mental issues, 30 percent are unable to hear or speak and the rest have other disabilities.