When Chen Chiang-shan was studying at Tatung Institute of Technology, an accident during a ball game permanently robbed him of his sight. He later went to study at the Committee for the Blind of Taiwan's rehabilitation center in Hsinchuang, and after graduating, studied special education at Tsukuba University in Japan.
陳江山在念大同工學院時，因球賽發生意外，導致永久失明，之後他到新莊盲人重建院就讀，畢業後前往日本筑波大學攻讀特殊教育。