THE CHAMPION FOR BLIND AND DEAF - HELLAN KELLER

THE CHAMPION FOR DEAF AND BLIND -HELLAN KELLER

INTRODUCTION ( SOURCE- WIKIPEDIA)

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was made famous by Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life, and its adaptations for film and stage, The Miracle

Worker. Her birthplace in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, is now a museum^[1] and sponsors an annual "Helen Keller Day". Her June 27 birthday is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in Pennsylvania and, in the centenary year of her birth, was recognized by a presidential proclamation from US President Jimmy Carter.

A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled and outspoken in her convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, antimilitarism, and other similar causes. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Famein 1971 and was one of twelve inaugural inductees to the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame on June 8, 2015.^[2]

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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart”. – Helen Keller (1880-1968).

Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, at one and a half years old, Helen became extremely ill and lost both her vision and hearing. She struggled to fit into a world she could not connect to. At the age of six, her parents learned about the Perkins School for the Deaf, hiring Annie Sullivan to teach their daughter how to communicate. At first, nothing seemed to work due to her severe condition. A breakthrough occurred when Annie took Helen to a water pump and, while splashing water on her left hand, traced the sign language for “water” in her other, at which point Helen’s world opened up. Annie later taught her not only sign language, but speech.

Helen went on to research her condition, give speeches, and raise money for many organizations, such as the American Foundation for the Blind, and the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind. From 1946 to 1957, she travelled the world, reaching out to 39 countries, speaking about the experiences and rights of the blind and deaf. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honour that an American can achieve.

Surmounting her condition, she became one of the 20th Century’s leading humanitarians, authors, and activists, challenging for the first time the stigma towards people with disabilities.

Helen Keller was a simple girl, suffering from a severe condition, blind, deaf, and stigmatized by a world that saw handicapped people as burdens to society. With the kindness of a diligent teacher, she managed to overcome her condition and moved beyond, striving to help others do the same and become one of the 20th’s century’s most noteworthy figures. 

HELLAN KELLER's  life is inspirational for blind and deaf and also for visually and audially able people.

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