Question

Describe Helens childhood and the incident that left her blind and deaf

Answer 1

Helen had a fantastic childhood. She got all the love, care, and attention that the first baby in a family does. She was an eager and dominating child. When she was six she could say a few phrases and short sentences. She started walking when she was just a year old. However, the bright and happy childhood of Helen was darkened in the month of February in 1882. She was affected by an acute congestion of the stomach and brain that deprived her of her seeing and hearing abilities. The doctor thought she would survive; but Helen recovered mysteriously. However, soon it was found she could neither see nor hear.

Answer 2

Helen Keller was born a perfectly normal and healthy child. In fact, she achieved most of her milestones early. For example, she started talking as early as when she was six months old and walking soon after she completed a year.

But, tragedy struck when she was just three months short of turning two years old. Helen Keller contracted an illness that was either brain fever, meningitis or scarlet fever. Whatever the illness was, it caused high fever and severe congestion of the brain and the stomach. Within a few days, Helen’s mother realized that her daughter failed to respond to common actions such as the sound of the dinner bell or the wave of a hand in front of her face. The illness had made her permanently deaf and blind.