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Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old.
In 1887, Perkins director Michael Anagnos sent graduate Anne Sullivan to teach Helen Keller at her family's home in Alabama. After working with her pupil at the Keller home, Sullivan returned to Perkins with Keller in 1888, and resided there intermittently until 1893. In 1931, Perkins created the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL).
Keller went on to complete formal speech classes and learn braille and the art of manual lip-reading. With assistance from Sullivan, Keller graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College in 1904.
Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, forty-five years before the more famous Helen Keller; Bridgman’s friend Anne Sullivan became Helen Keller's aide.
Anne Sullivan Macy (born as Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936) was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. [1]
Through the generosity of Ziegler, it was furnished without charge, and by a special provision of the U. S. Congress, it was sent free to every blind person in the United States or Canada who could read braille. [7] [6] Helen Keller said of Ziegler, "She must realize the happiness and encouragement which the magazine has brought during twenty ...
Helen Keller – American writer who was both blind and deaf. Ved Mehta – an Indian/American writer who was born in Lahore (now a Pakistani city) to a Hindu family. Nikolai Ostrovsky – a Soviet socialist realist writer. [81] Aldous Huxley – British philosophical writer, partially blind.
Lego is selling Lego Braille Bricks to families after offering the product to schools that educate blind children. It helps blind children learn the code. Lego to sell braille bricks to help blind ...