Helen Keller: A Life By Dorothy Hermann

“Helen became an "ambassador for the blind," raising money and lobbying for the sightless. From her first trip to Japan in 1937 until her retirement, she made nine tours around the world and visited 34 countries.” Everywhere she went Helen inspired people with her incredible story and her campaigns for the better treatment of the blind. Keller once said, “‘A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life.’” The speeches she gave helped people to understand how to treat those with disabilities. It helped them to realize that they are just normal human beings. Keller’s tours around the world greatly improved the lives of people with

She had to put her thumb on a person's throat, the pointer finger on the person’s lips, and the middle finger on the person’s nose. Helen Keller was both blind and deaf. Being blind is hard enough to overcome, but being blind and deaf is extremely hard to overcome. She couldn’t hear or see anything so she had to rely on her sense of touch to move around. She could not see what was around her and she could not hear what was around her so she had to overcome a lot of obstacles in her life. She finally learned how to talk by the thumb on the throat, pointer finger on the lips, and the middle finger on the nose. She said her first sentence which was “I am not dumb

Helen Keller was deaf and blind, but learned to overcome obstacles and inspire many. She inspires people to try their hardest at everything they do, and they will go far. She inspires people to believe in miracles and having faith in yourself that you can do whatever you put your mind to. Helen Keller should be in our history books because of her education, successful career, and inspiration to others.

Helen Keller was born with the ability to see and hear. At 19 months she had an illness that the doctors thought was Scarlet Fever, this resulted in Helen becoming deaf and blind. Five years later, her parents had hired a teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan. Keller learned to understand and communicate to the world around her. Helen Keller stood up against

Born June 27, 1880 a baby named Helen Keller, she was a normal baby until 19 months of age when she became not only blind but blind and deaf. Anne Sullivan came to help the little child. She taught sign language on helen’s fingers and helped the child to connect objects with her signing. Once that was accomplished then Anne taught her to speak, she could never speak the clearest but what mattered is she could speak. At the age of 16 she could then speak and sign. Being able to attend school and not only finished high school but then she was the first ever blind person to get a Bachelor of arts degree. Her proud parents were Kate Adams and Arthur H. Keller, her brothers were William Simpson, Phillips, and James Keller, and she had one sister

From Years 1900 AD till date, Braille is the English language standard for the blinds. Helen Keller’s cause for blind resulted in the foundation of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), a non-profit organization recognized in 1921. As a major landmark towards disability, a group in New York City called the League for the Physically Handicapped

“It would have been difficult to find a happier child than I was has I lay in my crib at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me, and for the first time longed for a knew day to come” Most would not be able to live there life without seeing. Well, Helen could not see, and could not hear. Yet, she still managed to be an author, a political activist, and was the very first deaf blind person achieve a bachelor degree of arts. Many would struggle with doing one of those things. Not to mention all 3. She also did without being able to see or hear. Further proving her courageous, and will to succeed. As well as changing the country in showing even with major setbacks, you will accomplish anything you want. Helen Keller was great proof of courage, and helping others with the same setbacks you have. Maybe deafness and blindness were blessings. They gave her to ability to show anyone, (even with setbacks) you can do anything if you really

Hellen Keller is a well known woman who has made a huge impact on people around the planet. Not being able to see or hear, she did an adorable work to improve the condition of the blind, the deaf, and the speechless. She was born on June 27, 1880. When she was 1, a sudden illness destroyed her sight, hearing and perspectives. According to Hellen, her real birthday was on March 3, 1887 when she first met Anne Sullivan and she started to learn to read Braille. She started her charitable activities after World War II visiting hospitals, bringing comfort and hope to blinded soldiers and the women and children of other countries. Helen spoke out about the need for increased care of the blind, for education to help them to take their place in the

Helen Keller’s great-grandniece also stated during her interview, “... [she] campaigned to make braille the standard system of reading and writing for people with vision loss…”(braillebug.afb.org) As a lecturer, she was able to influence people and tell them why the blind needed just one system for reading and writing instead of having multiple versions, which created confusion in the blind community. Keller not only stopped the multiple learning systems for the blind, but also created new gateways for the disabled. The Gale Student Research Database writes about Keller stating, “Her efforts were also very influential in putting an end to the practice of committing the deaf and the blind to mental asylums.”

Have you ever felt lost or confused? Imagine being trapped in a world that you didn’t ask to be in. Some people feel like that, especially if they are blind or deaf. Although, Helen Keller was a blind and a deaf woman, she succeeded in life. Helen had a rough start like any other person in her position would have been, but she worked a lot to prove to the world that she can be more than just a disabled woman.

“I started teaching Helen in 1890. At first she was a little trouble, but i taught her to say a lot of stuff.” “ We started with water. I traced the letters out on her hand. Later that evening Helen wrote the word water.” “ I keep on teaching her more and more. She learned 30 new words. She was so happy. And she was even more when she learned how to read and write. Yep a blind deaf girl learned how to do that.

This was the greatest thing that could have happened, as Helen became determined to further her education and eventually paved the way for others who were visually and hearing impaired. Helen Keller authored many essays about big political issues. This includes rise of fascism in Europe, atomic energy, blindness prevention and birth control. She had several works published other than her political essays. Helen’s greatest

Helen Keller was blind and deaf and had to find a way to learn how every other kid did. Although the odds were against her, Helen keller was able to overcome this overwhelming obstacle by getting outside help. According to the text, it states, “ Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten- a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that ‘w-a-t-e-r’ meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand” (pg 506). In other words, in order to learn basic things Helen Keller had to get help from Anne Sullivan who was a teacher from Perkins School for the Blind in order to learn the same things other children learned.

Helen was the author of numerous books and spent much of her life raising money to help people who also were deaf and blind.

Helen Keller is an inspiration to all around the world and still serves as an inspiration to this day. Helen Keller wrote her book, “The Story of My Life” which is an autobiography that explains her life and the struggles she faced growing up and dealt with during her early life. She started writing this book in 192, and it was published by 1903. Helen Keller is inspirational because she overcame being deaf, blind and mute and attending college, supporting awareness for people with disabilities and even wrote 3 books. She overcame all her struggles and managed to become successful, and shows that anything is possible if you put in hard work. Helen Keller serves as an inspiration and a reminder that anything is possible.