Bridget Sullivan

Helen Keller was a blind and deaf woman who was born and lived in Tuscumbia Alabama. She was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Keller was considered one of the world’s leading humanitarians and was a famous author and activist. Her experiences from a small baby helped shape the person Helen Keller would later become. She was motivated by these experiences to make a difference for others. Her accomplishments are historically important because they have become a model for others with disabilities.…

Often times, people take their privileges for granted. When an average person wakes up in the morning to the sound of birds chirping and the sight of sunlight shining through his or her bedroom window, he or she may be oblivious to how others in 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…

In 1975, two sisters, Katherine Lyon aged 10 years old and Sheila Lyon aged 12 years old went missing after a trip to a shopping mall in Maryland of Washington, D.C. The girls’ bodies were never found until now. This was one of the longest unsolved cases in Washington D.C.. These sisters were known as The Lyon Sisters and were born in Kensington, Maryland. Their parents, John and Mary Lyon, and brother, Jay, who is a police officer. John Lyon used to work in a local radio station, WMAL, which is…

learned differently from other children. The narrator suggests “she has one advantage over ordinary children, that nothing from without distracts her attention from her studies” (274). 3. Miss Sullivan was particular about not emphasizing what Helen’s disabilities, and rather focused on what she could do. Miss Sullivan describes that “in selecting books for Helen to read, I have never chosen them with reference to her deafness and blindness” (276). 4. The narrator suggests that Keller’s mind is…

Hearing the story of Alex Dixon was not only extraordinary, but also motivating because she shows how a person with special needs can succeed and exceed expectations. As Alex spoke to the audience, one of the phrases she repeated was that she was capable of doing things she used to prior to her stroke, but it took longer than before. Not only did her positive attitude and motivation make a huge difference in her rehabilitation, but her family’s support and persistence carried her further than…

Johanna Mansfield Sullivan or better known as Anne Sullivan is a teacher and instructor famous for teaching Helen how to sign and communicate. Sullivan was born April 14, 1866 in Agawam Massachusetts. Her parents were poor immigrants that did not know how to read or write. When she was five, she contracted a disease called trachoma. This disease caused painful infections in her eyes and made her blind. Three years later, her mother died and her father left the children because he thought he…

Ashley Connors was the average American teen girl until she became a national sensational for her miraculous recovery. Connors was 16 years old when tragedy struck as she was driving to a Friday night party with her girlfriends. Midst her drive she allegedly became distracted by a notification on her phone then was struck by a semi as she ran a red light. First responders rushed her to the hospital and rushed into an emergency surgery. It was at this moment that many would say a miracle happened…

Can you imagine what it would be like to live in the dark forever without light? Helen Keller was a girl who was deaf and blind. Despite the odds, she overcame her disabilities and became a well known author and speaker. Helen Adams Keller was born a healthy child on June 27, 1880. At 19 months old Helen became deaf and blind from rubella or scarlet fever, also known as brain fever. Helen grew into a wild and unruly child and had many tantrums. Her family thought she should be…

KELLER: Katie. How many times can you let them break your heart? KATE: Any number of times. (7) This was in the beginning of the book when they were just finding out about Helen’s disability, not able to hear or see. To me, this passage means that Kate still has hope, and that she is willing to do everything it takes for Helen to see and hear. This fall I have experienced a series of injuries. In total, I have missed about 10 weeks of sports. Soccer is my passion. It always has been. I love…

Jen Bricker can be such an inspiration. She did things that even people with legs can't do. imagine doing gymnastics with no legs. Helen Keller once wrote "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” The story "The Amazing Powers Of Jen Bricker" by Kristen Lewis can show what that quote means because Jen Bricker has no legs but she still looked past it and she could do gymnastics. So did the poem "Can't" by Edgar Albert Guest because when people think they can’t, they have to…