Helen Keller

 

Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. EE.UU.

 

Helen Keller was born with the ability to see and hear. At 19 months old, she contracted an illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain", which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis. 

 

The illness left her both deaf and blind. By the age of seven, Keller had more than 60 home signs to communicate with her family.

 

Anne Sullivan was who taught Helen everything she needed to communicate with her family.

 

 

 

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