Helen Keller Essay

Helen Keller was a strong person who was deaf, and blind. She was a very healthy baby until she reached to be about 19 months old. Helen Keller then became really ill, she got a high fever. (Shichtman 2). Her family and her discovered that she has acute congestion of the stomach and brain and that she was most likely to die. Helen didn't die from the fever, it left her as soon as they found out what she had come down with. (Shichtman 2) Although the disease did some massive damage on her…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Helen Keller was an author, lecturer, and crusader for the handicapped. Born physically normal in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Keller lost her sight and hearing at the age of nineteen months to an illness now believed to have been scarlet fever. Through her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan’s extraordinary instruction, the little girl learned to understand and communicate with the world around her. She went on to acquire an excellent education and to become an important influence on the…

hope and confidence”(Helen Keller). These words of wisdom are just one of the many reasons why Helen Keller is such an amazing hero. Even in the most challenging of times, Helen always stayed optimistic and confident. Despite the fact that Helen Keller was both blind and deaf, she has inspired thousands of people throughout the world to chase their dreams, even if they are struggling with life-threatening disabilities. In the year of 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Helen Keller came into the…

Can you imagine a world with no sound? Nothing to see either? Helen Kellers world was like this for most of her life. Yet Helen Keller was an inspirational woman through out her entire life, despite her disabilities. Most of it due to her hard work and dedication to others with disabilities. Helen Keller's first few years shaped the rest of her life to what it was, and it wasn't the best few years. Helen Adam Keller was born July 27,1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her parents, Kate & Arthur…

Helen Keller was born a perfectly normal child. Everything changed in her life when she was almost 2 years old. She was diagnosed with “an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain” This left her blind and deaf permanently. Helen Keller was a very strong person because she was able to overcome so much. Helen was an independent, determined, and kind women, Helen Keller was a very independent person. She left her house with Anne Sullivan (her teacher) before she was even able to go to school…

senses to manage. This was the life of Helen Keller. At 19 months, Helen Keller contracted a disease, thought to be scarlet fever, that left her blind and deaf (2). At a young age her parents were not able to provide much support for her disabilities and she had little help throughout her childhood (1). However, when she was six years old, her dad took her to Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish scientist, inventor, engineer,…

the world, like Helen Keller, lack the ability to see and hear. In her lifetime and beyond, Helen Keller has helped to bring awareness to the deaf-blind community. However, she never had many of the experiences or opportunities that the majority of the population does because of the handicap that burdened her at just 19 months of age. For many, losing the ability to see and hear can be detrimental if he or she does not accommodate their daily life to their situation. For Helen Keller, she was…

Helen Keller Helen Keller is one of the most inspiring woman in the blind and deaf community. Becoming blind and deaf at the age of 19 months by an unknown illness, her life was turned around. Although, she didn’t let her difficulties take over. Helen defeated the odds and learned more than anyone could've imagined. She even graduated and decided to inspire others by writing a book about her life. Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 In Tuscumbia, Alabama. Helen had a normal childhood until…

can endure as an American citizen. For Helen Keller, Malcolm X and Christine Marín, it was, and there are extraordinary similarities despite their extremely different situations. Helen Keller was an upper class deaf and blind girl living in America during a time where handicapped people were dehumanized and negatively looked upon. She was taught to read and write three months shy of her seventh birthday by Ms.Sullivan. Before learning these skills, Helen was emotionally detached to the…

with the heart.” Helen Keller said these words because she was blind and deaf, therefore she could only feel things. So while other people was seeing the beauty of the world Helen was feeling the beauty of the world.Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880 in Tuscmbia,AL. Helen Keller is considered one of the leading figures in the twentieth century. She lost both her vision and hearing when she was 19 months old due to illness. At the time, doctors called it brain fever. Helen Keller helped to…