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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.
Tadoma is a method of communication utilized by deafblind individuals, [1] in which the listener places their little finger on the speaker's lips and their fingers along the jawline. [2] The middle three fingers often fall along the speaker's cheeks with the little finger picking up the vibrations of the speaker's throat .
Sullivan strongly encouraged Helen's parents to send her to the Perkins School, where she could have an appropriate education. Once they had agreed Sullivan took Keller to Boston in 1888 and stayed with her there. Sullivan continued to teach her bright protégée, who soon became famous for her remarkable progress. [10]
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.
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Alcorn realized that the manual alphabet would not work and she started to teach her oral speech instead. Adopting the methods of the famous Anne Sullivan, teacher and lifelong companion to Helen Keller, Alcorn invented a system of touch on the cheek and neck to allow the child to imitate how to speak words. She taught Oma for ten years ...
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