Helen Keller faced many problems, which she recounts in her autobiography, The Story of My Life. All these problems center around being blind and deaf, which occurred when Keller was a very young child. Initially, Helen had no language with which she could communicate to her family. read more
Helen Keller was blind and deaf. When her teacher, Anne Sullivan, got her to realize the link between the words that she finger spelled and physical objects, she began to learn quickly. read more
After repeatedly proving her intelligence, some criticized Keller by calling attention to her disabilities, after she expressed her socialist views. The Brooklyn Eagle newspaper once wrote that her “mistakes sprung out of the manifest limitations of her development.” Accomplishments: Helen learned to speak in 1890, at nine years old. read more
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, with all of her senses intact. When she was 19 months old, she contracted what doctors at the time called "brain fever," which left her completely blind and deaf. read more