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BOSTON, Aug. 15. -- Miss Helen Keller, born blind, deaf and dumb, has learned to sing. It was the wonderful girl herself who announced it -- and over a telephone, at that. View Full Article in Timesmachine »
How did Helen Keller help the blind and deaf? Helen Keller emerged as the most popular disability advocate in the 20th century and proved that deafblind people are capable and can learn.
How did Keller become deafblind? At the age of 19 months, Keller became very ill with a high fever, leaving her totally deaf and blind. Doctors at that time diagnosed it as “brain fever.” Experts today believe she suffered from scarlet fever or meningitis.
The first word Helen learnt was Water. Which she learnt because Anne put one of Helen's hands under a water pump and with the other hand she spelt w-a-t-e-r. Eventually, Helen learnt to communicate in sign language and to read and write in Braille, to touch – lip read and to speak.
Introduction: My name is Lidia Grady, I am a thankful, fine, glamorous, lucky, lively, pleasant, shiny person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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