青岛故事丨27岁车祸后，青岛残疾小伙开了一间无障碍咖啡店Qingdao Story - After a 27 year old car accident, a disabled young man in Qingdao opened an accessible coffee shop

齐鲁晚报·齐鲁壹点 曹婧雯 徐润杰

27岁那年，一场车祸让跆拳道教练邹阳坐上了轮椅。三年后，这个青岛小伙在青岛市北区开了一间名为“无界”的无障碍咖啡店。店内没有台阶，吧台高度下调，桌子腿是细条状的……每一个设计都藏着“轮椅上的巧思”。他免费教残障人士、低保家庭和困境妇女做咖啡，他说：“无界的意思就是，健全人和残障人士之间没有界限，自在交流。”

无界，意为没有界限自在交流

7月9日，海风裹着雨前的潮气穿过老城区的街巷，在市北区一个口袋公园旁，一间特殊的咖啡店开始迎客。没有花哨的设计，两条波浪线托着五道太阳般的小短线，这就是“无界咖啡”的标志，英文名Spark。

“无界”，取没有界限之意，这是店主邹阳想了很久才定下的名字。他坐在轮椅上，熟练地转动着咖啡手柄，将研磨好的咖啡粉填入粉碗，压实，扣上萃取头。随着机器低沉的嗡鸣声，深褐色的咖啡液缓缓流出，浓郁的香气在小小的空间里弥散开来。

“你看，放咖啡机的台子我特意做矮了一点，65公分的高度，既能放下轮椅，我又能看见咖啡液面。”邹阳是无障碍咖啡店的设计者，也是第一个体验者，他坚信只有自己用起来得劲，其他坐轮椅的残障朋友才会觉得舒服。

“无界”的无障碍设计体现在每一个细节里。门口有坡道，轮椅可以直接滑入；吧台的高度经过调整，即便坐在轮椅上也能操作自如；店内的通道宽敞，轮椅转向、移动都不成问题。厕所配备了扶手、可以调整角度的镜子、留有腿部空间的洗手台。

就连顾客用的桌椅也有巧思，桌子脚选择了平面和细条状的设计，轮椅可以自然向前，不必占用过道。这些设计并非刻意为之的“特殊照顾”，而是融入日常的自然安排。就像邹阳说的那样，无障碍不是多出来的东西，它本来就该是这样。

但“无界”的真正意义，远不止于物理空间的无障碍。“打破界限，自在相连”是邹阳开店的核心理念，让不同的人群在这里相遇、交流，没有隔阂，没有标签。为此，邹阳在店铺里开展了免费咖啡教学计划，免费传授残障人士、低保家庭及困境妇女咖啡技艺。“我希望以后能帮助更多伙伴掌握这门技术，让他们也能有一技之长，慢慢地建立自信走出家门。”

看到现在自信开朗的邹阳，任谁都难以相信三年前他刚经历了人生重大转折，此前经营的事业几乎全部断送。

从健全人到残障人，一段打破重建的人生

邹阳今年三十岁，如果人生按照原来的轨迹运行，此刻他或许正在道馆里教小朋友跆拳道。周末和朋友踢球、爬山，过着普通而充实的生活。但是2023年8月，一场车祸改变了一切。

那年他二十七岁，一场车祸让他脊椎受伤，胸部以下失去知觉，坐上了轮椅。此前从事的跆拳道教练工作被迫中断，无论在心理还是生理层面，对邹阳来说都是近乎毁灭性的打击。

“一开始很难接受。”从健全人士到残障人士，这个转变来得猝不及防。但他说，“人总要往前走。”车祸后的三年里，邹阳花了很长时间重新认识自己、认识这个世界。他尝试过很多事情，也走过不少弯路。

其中一段特别的经历，是去云南学做咖啡。“云南的咖啡产业很发达，昆明、大理到处都是咖啡馆。”邹阳回忆道，“我当时想，去那边学咖啡，也许能闯出一条路来。”但理想很丰满，现实却给了他当头一棒。咖啡产业发达必然带来市场竞争激烈，对于坐着轮椅、人生地不熟的外地人来说，想要融入这个行业，难度超乎想象。“正常人想进入那个行业都很困难，更何况是我这样的情况。”邹阳说道。

在云南待了一段时间后，邹阳选择返回青岛。“回到自己熟悉的地方，也许更适合我。”命运的转机往往出现在最意想不到的时刻，回到青岛后不久，邹阳通过朋友得知，有一位老师在组织咖啡学习和展览活动。抱着试试看的心态，他去了。“去了之后我才发现，原来青岛就有这么专业的咖啡老师，我当时就报名了。”邹阳的心因此亮了起来。

学咖啡的日子是充实的，也是枯燥的。跟着老师从最基础的知识学起：咖啡的品种、研磨度、萃取率、出液率……“咖啡的品类其实不多，花样都是在基础上变化的。”邹阳说，“最重要的是把基础参数和技术学透，学透了之后，每一种咖啡都能做。”

2025年底开始学，到2026年7月，他的“无界咖啡”正式开业。“从出事到现在三年了，但真正走出来、学东西、做事情的时间很短。”邹阳感慨道，“前面的时间，很多都在调整和适应。”

让更多人知道、了解无障碍文化

这个“调整和适应”的过程，远比他表现出来的要艰难。从能跑能跳到需要依靠轮椅出行，从被世界“正常”接纳到偶尔被异样目光注视，自卑、迷茫、愤怒、接受，每一种情绪他都经历过。

“其实慢慢地就会发现，限制我的不是身体，而是心里的那道坎。当我跨过去之后，世界并没有变小，反而变得更大了。”邹阳开始重新审视“正常”这个词的含义。什么是正常？什么是不正常？这些标签是谁贴上去的？很多时候，“不正常”不是身体的状态，而是社会的眼光和环境的缺失。于是，邹阳以此为锚点，把“帮助更多残障人士调整和适应”作为心愿。“如果公共设施都有坡道、电梯、无障碍设施，如果每个岗位都考虑不同人群的需求，那‘残障’这个词的含义就会完全不同。”邹阳说道。

在面对“是否会觉得自己和正常人不同”这个问题时，邹阳几乎没有犹豫：“我现在没觉得有不同。”他顿了顿，补充道：“身体层面上可能有一点不一样，但从精神层面和人生价值上来说，我觉得都是一样的。”

这种认知的转变，让邹阳从被动接受命运，变成了主动创造可能。他不再问“为什么是我”，而是问“我能做什么”。

答案，就是这间“无界咖啡”。

对于未来，邹阳有清晰的规划。“以后的目标就是推广无障碍文化，开咖啡店只是一件小事，我想让更多人知道、了解无障碍，让更多伙伴实现自己的价值。”

他想象中的未来，是一种可以让残障人士自由出行的生活。“现在很多伙伴是不走出来的，大街上很少见到。我希望未来能看到更多无障碍伙伴有自己的工作，勇敢走出家门。”他也希望通过自己的经历，告诉更多残障伙伴，走出来，并不可怕。“社会在进步，无障碍设施在完善，人的观念也在改变。关键是我们自己要先迈出那一步。”

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At the age of 27, a car accident put Taekwondo coach Zou Yang in a wheelchair. Three years later, this young man from Qingdao opened an accessible coffee shop called "Boundless" in the northern district of Qingdao. There are no steps in the store, the height of the bar counter is lowered, and the legs of the table are slender... Every design hides the ingenuity of a wheelchair. He teaches disabled people, low-income families, and disadvantaged women how to make coffee for free. He said, "Boundless means that there is no boundary between able-bodied and disabled people, and they can communicate freely

Boundless, meaning to communicate freely without boundaries

On July 9th, the sea breeze wrapped in the moisture before the rain passed through the streets and alleys of the old city area. Next to a pocket park in Shibei District, a special coffee shop began to welcome customers. Without fancy design, two wavy lines support five sun like short lines, which is the symbol of "Boundless Coffee", named Spark in English.

'Boundless' means without limits, which was a name that shop owner Zou Yang had thought about for a long time before deciding on. He sat in a wheelchair, skillfully turning the coffee handle, filling the ground coffee powder into the powder bowl, compacting it, and attaching the extraction head. With the low buzzing sound of the machine, the dark brown coffee liquid slowly flowed out, and the rich aroma dispersed in the small space.

You see, I deliberately made the coffee machine stand a little shorter, at a height of 65 centimeters, which can accommodate a wheelchair and allow me to see the coffee liquid. "Zou Yang is the designer of an accessible coffee shop and the first user. He firmly believes that only when he uses it well, other disabled friends sitting in wheelchairs will feel comfortable.

The barrier free design of 'borderless' is reflected in every detail. There is a ramp at the entrance where wheelchairs can slide in directly; The height of the bar counter has been adjusted, making it easy to operate even while sitting in a wheelchair; The passage inside the store is spacious, and wheelchair turning and movement are not a problem. The toilet is equipped with handrails, mirrors with adjustable angles, and a washbasin with legroom.

Even the tables and chairs used by customers are cleverly designed with flat and slender legs, allowing wheelchairs to move forward naturally without occupying the aisle. These designs are not intentionally designed as "special favors", but rather integrated into daily natural arrangements. As Zou Yang said, accessibility is not an extra thing, it should be like this.

But the true meaning of 'boundaryless' goes far beyond the accessibility of physical space. Breaking boundaries and connecting freely "is the core concept of Zou Yang's store, allowing different groups of people to meet and communicate here without barriers or labels. To this end, Zou Yang launched a free coffee teaching program in the store, teaching coffee skills to disabled people, low-income families, and disadvantaged women for free. I hope to help more partners master this technology in the future, so that they can also have a skill and gradually build confidence to step out of their homes

Seeing the confident and cheerful Zou Yang now, no one can believe that three years ago he had just experienced a major turning point in his life, and almost all of the businesses he had previously run were ruined.

From able-bodied to disabled, a life that breaks through reconstruction

Zou Yang is thirty years old this year. If life had followed its original trajectory, he might be teaching Taekwondo to children in a gym at this moment. On weekends, I play soccer and climb mountains with friends, living a simple yet fulfilling life. But in August 2023, a car accident changed everything.

He was 27 years old that year, and a car accident injured his spine, causing him to lose consciousness below his chest and be confined to a wheelchair. The interruption of his previous job as a taekwondo coach was almost a devastating blow to Zou Yang, both psychologically and physically.

At the beginning, it was difficult to accept. The transition from able-bodied individuals to disabled individuals came unexpectedly. But he said, 'People always have to move forward.' In the three years after the car accident, Zou Yang spent a long time re understanding himself and the world. He has tried many things and taken many detours.

One of the special experiences was going to Yunnan to learn how to make coffee. The coffee industry in Yunnan is very developed, and there are coffee shops everywhere in Kunming and Dali, "Zou Yang recalled." At that time, I thought that going there to learn coffee might pave the way. "But his ideals were full, but reality gave him a blow. The development of the coffee industry inevitably brings fierce market competition. For outsiders who are wheelchair bound and unfamiliar with the local area, it is beyond imagination to integrate into this industry. It's difficult for normal people to enter that industry, let alone someone like me, "said Zou Yang.

After staying in Yunnan for a period of time, Zou Yang chose to return to Qingdao. Returning to a familiar place may be more suitable for me. "The turning point of fate often occurs at the most unexpected moment. Shortly after returning to Qingdao, Zou Yang learned through a friend that a teacher was organizing coffee learning and exhibition activities. With a try and see attitude, he went. After going there, I realized that there were already such professional coffee teachers in Qingdao, and I signed up at that time. "Zou Yang's heart lit up because of this.

The days of learning coffee are both fulfilling and dull. Starting from the most basic knowledge with the teacher: coffee varieties, grinding degree, extraction rate, liquid yield... "There are actually not many types of coffee, and the patterns all change based on the foundation," Zou Yang said. "The most important thing is to learn the basic parameters and techniques thoroughly. After learning them thoroughly, every type of coffee can be made

Starting from the end of 2025, his "Boundless Coffee" will officially open in July 2026. It has been three years since the incident, but the time to truly step out, learn things, and do things is very short, "Zou Yang sighed." A lot of the time before was spent adjusting and adapting

Let more people know and understand accessible culture

The process of "adjustment and adaptation" is far more difficult than he has shown. He has experienced every emotion from being able to run and jump to relying on a wheelchair for transportation, from being accepted by the world as "normal" to occasionally being looked at with strange eyes, feeling inferior, confused, angry, and accepting.

Actually, gradually I will realize that what limits me is not my body, but the hurdle in my heart. When I cross it, the world does not become smaller, but bigger. "Zou Yang began to re-examine the meaning of the word" normal ". What is normal? What is abnormal? Who affixed these labels? Many times, 'abnormality' is not a physical condition, but a lack of social perspective and environment. So, Zou Yang took this as an anchor point and made "helping more disabled people adjust and adapt" his wish. If public facilities have ramps, elevators, and accessible facilities, and if each position considers the needs of different groups of people, then the meaning of the word 'disability' will be completely different, "said Zou Yang.

When faced with the question of whether he would feel different from a normal person, Zou Yang hardly hesitated: "I don't feel different now," he paused and added, "There may be a slight difference on a physical level, but from a spiritual and life value perspective, I think they are all the same

This cognitive shift has transformed Zou Yang from passively accepting fate to actively creating possibilities. He no longer asks' why me ', but' what can I do '.

The answer is this' Boundless Coffee '.

For the future, Zou Yang has clear plans. My future goal is to promote a culture of accessibility. Opening a coffee shop is just a small matter, and I want more people to know and understand accessibility, so that more partners can realize their value

His imagined future is a life where people with disabilities can travel freely. Nowadays, many people don't come out and are rarely seen on the streets. I hope to see more accessible people have their own jobs and bravely step out of their homes in the future. He also hopes to tell more disabled people through his own experience that stepping out is not scary. Society is progressing, accessible facilities are improving, and people's attitudes are also changing. The key is for us to take that step ourselves first

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