Taiwan's Nationwide Music Competition for the Disabled came to a close in Taipei on Sunday, the Taipei Times reports.
The disabilities of the competitors ranged from blindness and deafness to cerebral palsy and autism. Among the winners was 18-year-old flutist Shih Ying-yen, who is nearly deaf but nonetheless plays the piano and the flute and plans to take up singing.
"What I saw on stage today was more than just music. It was determination without complaint," said Wu Po-hsiung of the Po Chung Foundation, one of the event's sponsors.
— Ben Mattison
"Disabled
artists shine with music"
Joy Su - The Taipei Times - 25 August
2003
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