Role of Helen Keller's parents in her life
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Helen's parents are perfect role models of love, care,
affection, and responsibilities. They didn't consider Helen as a burden on
them. They were rather more worried about her education and well being. They
made every effort to find if Helen could be treated medically. Her
mother was very much concerned regarding Helen's education. She was always
requesting her husband to arrange for her education. It was she who saw the
hope of the possibility of Helen's education while reading the account of Laura
Bridgman. She wanted Helen to be educated like her. She also felt very sad on
knowing that Dr Howe, who had taught Laura Bridgman, had died. She was always
in search of finding out ways to make life of Helen more comfortable. She was an angel for Helen. Until Miss Sullivan took charge of Helen's life, it was her mother who was a source of comfort for Helen.
Her father was also very much concerned about her. When he heard about an
eminent oculist who had been successful in many hopeless cases, he at once
decided to take Helen to Chisholm in Baltimore. He examined little Helen and
expressed Helen's blindness could not be treated. He advised Helen's father to
meet Dr. Graham Bell in Washington. Helen's father immediately took her to Dr.
Bell. Dr. Bell referred him to Mr. Anagnos, who promised him to arrange a
special teacher for Helen. So Helen's parents left no stone unturned to provide
the best of facilities for their disabled daughter.