Too often do we take for granted the basic ability to speak in fear of critical judgment from our peers. The pressures of fitting into society as normal citizens brutally crushes the confidence and dreams of a happy life for Helen Keller in “A Word for Everything,” and “Living with Dyslexia,” written by Gareth Cook. In her early childhood, Helen Keller recalls standing on her porch feeling dumb and uncertain of what the future held for her due to being deaf and blind (Keller 145). Gareth Cook expresses his fear and shame when coming out with his disability of being dyslexic for it would impact his reputation and the integrity of his work (Cook 158). Helen and Gareth were born into the world with disabilities in learning which forced them to
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In one of her earliest memories, she recalls learning the word water and not understanding that it was not the same as mug. It would not be until she felt water and could associate the description to the word that she would be able to distinguish the difference between the two (Keller 146). People who are born with the ability to hear and see would easily understand why a mug is called a mug and the obvious difference between a mug and water. For Keller, it was a matter of hands on experience and her repeated questioning that helped create an additional path for her to learn and understand the meaning behind …show more content…
Despite her weak start in the early developmental stages of communication, she had begun finding ways to blend into society by observing the body language of those interacting with her and figuring out (Keller 145). Instead of submitting herself to isolation, with the help of Ms. Sullivan, Helen could build her communication skills so that they would further improve her comfort of life. Her progress began slow as she had not developed social skills like many hearing and seeing kids had felt such as grief, love, joy, or sadness. She too, like Gareth, had to take extra steps to develop an understanding of these communicative
In one of her earliest memories, she recalls learning the word water and not understanding that it was not the same as mug. It would not be until she felt water and could associate the description to the word that she would be able to distinguish the difference between the two (Keller 146). People who are born with the ability to hear and see would easily understand why a mug is called a mug and the obvious difference between a mug and water. For Keller, it was a matter of hands on experience and her repeated questioning that helped create an additional path for her to learn and understand the meaning behind …show more content…
Despite her weak start in the early developmental stages of communication, she had begun finding ways to blend into society by observing the body language of those interacting with her and figuring out (Keller 145). Instead of submitting herself to isolation, with the help of Ms. Sullivan, Helen could build her communication skills so that they would further improve her comfort of life. Her progress began slow as she had not developed social skills like many hearing and seeing kids had felt such as grief, love, joy, or sadness. She too, like Gareth, had to take extra steps to develop an understanding of these communicative