Helen was not only deaf but also blind. How did this dual handicap make her learning process all the more difficult for her? How did she confront all odds in her way with an inexorable spirit?
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At 19 months old Keller contracted an unknown illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain",which might have been scarlet feveror meningitis.The illness left her both deaf and blind. At that time, she was able to communicate somewhat with Martha Washington, the six-year-old daughter of the family cook, who understood her signs;by the age of seven, Keller had more than 60home signs to communicate with her family. Even though blind and deaf, Helen Keller had passed through many obstacles and she learned to live with her disabilities. She learned how to tell which person was walking from the vibrations of their footsteps.
Sullivan arrived at Keller's house in March 1887, and immediately began to teach Helen to communicate by spelling words into her hand, beginning with "d-o-l-l" for the doll that she had brought Keller as a present. Keller was frustrated, at first, because she did not understand that every object had a word uniquely identifying it. In fact, when Sullivan was trying to teach Keller the word for "mug", Keller became so frustrated she broke the mug.[18] Keller's breakthrough in communication came the next month, when she realized that the motions her teacher was making on the palm of her hand, while running cool water over her other hand, symbolized the idea of "water"; she then nearly exhausted Sullivan demanding the names of all the other familiar objects in her world.
Helen Keller was viewed as isolated, but was very in touch with the outside world. She was able to enjoy music by feeling the beat and she was able to have a strong connection with animals through touch. She was delayed at picking up language, but that did not stop her from having a voice.
"In Short"
Helen was always eager to learn and wanted to gain more and more knowledge.
also she was a fast learner. she was self assertive and wanted everyone to talk to her and notice her she learned from all the movements going on around her..
after miss Sullivan's arrival she didn't felt as isolated she felt before.
she tried to learn developed signs.
she worked hard to learn the braille language..
hope it helps u..
Sullivan arrived at Keller's house in March 1887, and immediately began to teach Helen to communicate by spelling words into her hand, beginning with "d-o-l-l" for the doll that she had brought Keller as a present. Keller was frustrated, at first, because she did not understand that every object had a word uniquely identifying it. In fact, when Sullivan was trying to teach Keller the word for "mug", Keller became so frustrated she broke the mug.[18] Keller's breakthrough in communication came the next month, when she realized that the motions her teacher was making on the palm of her hand, while running cool water over her other hand, symbolized the idea of "water"; she then nearly exhausted Sullivan demanding the names of all the other familiar objects in her world.
Helen Keller was viewed as isolated, but was very in touch with the outside world. She was able to enjoy music by feeling the beat and she was able to have a strong connection with animals through touch. She was delayed at picking up language, but that did not stop her from having a voice.
"In Short"
Helen was always eager to learn and wanted to gain more and more knowledge.
also she was a fast learner. she was self assertive and wanted everyone to talk to her and notice her she learned from all the movements going on around her..
after miss Sullivan's arrival she didn't felt as isolated she felt before.
she tried to learn developed signs.
she worked hard to learn the braille language..
hope it helps u..
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