Recently, the China Disabled Persons' Federation and audio-sharing platform Ximalaya FM announced a plan to provide free cultural services to people with disabilities. Through the platform they can access over 200 paid items.

It's estimated that there are around 85 million people with disabilities in China, accounting for 6.3 percent of the population. There are many charitable activities to help them but effectively helping this group entails long-term work.

Though the Internet is changing people's life, certain groups such as the elderly and people with disabilities often feel left behind by its rapid development. Internet companies can develop more creative models to help people with disabilities acquire knowledge and access cultural services. Audio programs are easy to access on mobile terminals and can meet some of their cultural needs.

Moreover, online platforms can analyze people's requirements by studying big data and launching more programs to cater to them.

(This is an edited excerpt of an article originally published in China Youth Daily on December 10)