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This book contains interviews with 16 families with intellectual disabilities who work at Papa John's restaurants. Each family's oral history consisted of interviews and observations. There are generally 2-5 interviews, including interviews with parents, colleagues, and people with intellectual disabilities themselves. Observation is an observation record of the working conditions of a person with intellectual disabilities on a certain day, which is expressed in the form of a table. The interview questions mostly focused on the causes of illness, schooling, employment, marriage and love and other growth issues of people with intellectual disabilities. In the book, we can also feel the most selfless parental love in the world. Most of the 16 families choose to have only one child, and they want to give complete parental love to their mentally retarded children. The family circumstances of these families are very different, but what they have in common is their determination to be responsible for their children's lives and their courage to take responsibility. They do not blame others, but do their best to enable these children to actively integrate into society, not to be disconnected from society, and to master skills and realize their own life value in the workplace.

This volume contains interviews with fifteen Special Olympics coaches. Most of them have been exposed to Special Olympics for many years, have practical experience in training Special Olympics athletes, and are familiar with the development of Special Olympics in China at the grassroots level. Coaches are the link between Special Olympics, children with intellectual disabilities, and their parents. Through studying in special schools and being trained by coaches, children can acquire the basic abilities to participate in social activities. They uphold the belief of "changing a child, warming a family", creating more opportunities and better platforms for all children with intellectual disabilities, so that society can see the abilities of people with intellectual disabilities through sports and be willing to accept them. At the same time, in group life and Special Olympics sports, children's self-reliance is cultivated so that they can succeed, develop, and find opportunities for life to bloom. By interviewing Special Olympics coaches, this book can not only understand the development status of Special Olympics sports in contemporary China, but also speak out for people with intellectual disabilities from another perspective.