Dr. Yan Xu is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Sun Yat-sen University and also a research fellow at the Center of Medicine and Humanity, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Her research interests include parenting and child's social development; social capital and child/youth’s subjective well-being; the stigma of mental disabilities and their caregivers, especially the stigma of children with developmental disorders and their parents, and their empowerment strategies.