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How was Helen Keller taught brail?

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Helen Keller was no ordinary girl. She was blind and deaf and as a result she was not able to speak clearly in her whole life. It was Anne Sullivan who not only taught her to read and write but also shaped her character and life. read more

Meet Helen Keller, a woman from the small farm town of Tuscumbia, Alabama who taught the world to respect people who are blind and deaf. Her mission came from her own life; when she was 1 1/2, she was extremely ill, and she lost both her vision and hearing. read more

Helen Keller learned braille when she was 7 years old, in 1887. Braille was created by Louis Braille with help from a soldier named Charlie Barbier, who taught the class a system of writing called night writing, for a secret code for the army. read more

Helen’s family hired a full time teacher named Anne Sullivan to be an in house teacher for Helen. She began with finger spelling but not the conventional way by holding her fingers up. Because of Helen’s blindness, Ms. Sullivan fingerspelled letters onto Helen’s palm. read more

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