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Similarities Between Helen Keller And Hawking

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A special need is usually defined as mental, emotional, or physical problem in a person that requires special settings (merriam-webster.com, 2015). Although many people believe that a person with special needs can’t reach many achievements in their life, many have proved the opposite by giving us great examples in following their ambition like Helen Keller and Stephen Hawking. Both of them are special needs however Helen Keller was a deaf blind educator, journalist and the co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union whereas Hawking is a Physicist and Scientist known for his work regarding black holes and for authoring several popular science books who is also suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (TheBiography.com, 2015). …show more content…

Firstly, Helen Keller was a deaf blind, who inspired the world by overcoming her challenges. She couldn’t hear or see, therefore she needed a teacher. One day, Helen was intelligent. Consequently, she understood that everything has a name and she knew the connection between the symbols that her teacher was making in her hand and the names. Helen learned how to read braille not only in English but also in French, Greek and Latin. In addition, she learned how to write and read people’s lips. Moreover, Helen wanted to learn how to speak. So, her teacher Anne got her teacher called Sarah Fuller to teach her how to speak. Secondly, Helen was ambitious. Therefore, she wanted to go to college, and so she did. She was graduated from Radcliffe College in 1994 and become the first deaf blind with a Bachelor of Arts degree at a time when a few women attended. Lastly, Helen had high moral value. So she fought for the workers rights and traveled with her teacher giving speeches and hope to the impaired. As she …show more content…

Firstly, he stunned the science world with his methods and research on black holes. One of his theories was that the black holes aren’t actually black. And in the opposite of the old black holes theories that says there is no escape from black holes, Hawking method that calls quantum theory, argued that the energy and information are able to escape. Moreover, as a result of theoretically proving that black holes are issued radiation, it was labeled with his name “Hawking radiation”. Lastly, because of his Big Bang theory, the old perception of the great explosion were changed without interfere to that the universe is constant and closed system. Conversely, Helen Keller’s impact has been less. Although she inspired many people to maintain hope, most of her accomplishments were personal. In addition, her impact at the present time is limited to inspiring people whereas Hawking has changed

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