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was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Keller contracted "brain fever" at the age of nineteen months, and this resulted in the loss of her vision and hearing. Helen's mother then hired Anne Sullivan to communicate, where she was unruly and defiant. The turning point for Helen, was when Sullivan taught her the word "water" which helped make the connection between the word and the water pump. Helen was determined to have a higher education, she went to Horace Mann School for the Deaf,…

the words; which she learned vividly. Keller overcomes her biggest obstacle; experiencing new emotions, new thoughts and better understanding in the world around her. Keller was able to read, write and even lecture as she got older; taught by Anne Sullivan who show her, the importance of language knowledge. After realizing that things have meanings…

Born in the late 1800s Helen Keller was, the impossible becoming possible. Helen Keller was known for her political, and social influences; and by using critical thinking she was able to overcome her deafness, and blindness. “When Keller was 19 months old, she was afflicted by an unknown illness, possibly scarlet fever or meningitis, which left her deaf and blind.”(McGinnity, Seymour-Ford, & Andries, 2004) Helen Keller spent her early childhood in complete darkness. Becoming frustrated, and…

Martin Schmalz-Dr. Anadale-Contemporary Philosophy-4/06/16 Helen Keller & Sokolowski’s Phenomenology Helen Keller’s amazing story of how she came to understand language is portrayed in The Miracle Worker. Her teacher Anne Sullivan helped deaf and blind Helen to enter into the world of “linguistic reasoning” and ultimately helped her on her path to becoming the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor’s degree (79). The scene in The Miracle Worker in which Helen comes to understand the…

Alabama. Helen was blind and deaf from the age of nineteen months. When Helen was a child, she was out of control and acted animal-like. Helen was set up to be unsuccessful in the conditions that she was under as a child. At the age of five, Annie Sullivan came to Helen's home in Alabama. Annie taught and mentored Helen throughout her life. Annie helped set Helen up for success in her future. Helen Keller made an abundance of great accomplishments. She wrote many books about her life as a blind…

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…

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…