handicapped people died on June 1, 1968. Helen Keller was born like how most babies are born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, where she became deathly ill. She was then deaf, blind, and mute. Thanks to her teacher, Anne Sullivan she was able to overcome some of the disabilities she faced. She worked hard at what she wanted to accomplish. Helen Keller influenced the handicapped community by showing society what extremely handicapped people are capable of doing. Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, which
just an infant? Helen Keller was diagnosed with a disease that affected her brain and stomach when she was only 19 months old. Imagine being deaf and blind for most of your life. Sullivan took Helen to Boston and the Perkins School for the blind. Which publicized Helen. Boston newspapers reported her achievements as she learned not only to read Braille. She again made a major publicity impact when she went to New York and improved greatly on her speaking ability. Even though Helen Keller was blind and
overcoming it, nothing is impossible. Well, in this essay I will be talking about a person that did this and inspired many others to not worry about the obstacles in life but to only focus on the goals you have regardless of what others may say. Helen Keller is the person I will be talking about, a woman that despite her disabilities was able to succeed at life regardless of what others thought and she overcame the struggles she had since she was a little girl, they were only obstacles that were in