Helen Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, and political activist born in 1880 in Alabama who lost her sight and hearing at 19 months old but learned to communicate and read/write with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan whom she met at age 7.
Helen Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, and political activist born in 1880 in Alabama who lost her sight and hearing at 19 months old but learned to communicate and read/write with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan whom she met at age 7.
Helen Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, and political activist born in 1880 in Alabama who lost her sight and hearing at 19 months old but learned to communicate and read/write with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan whom she met at age 7.
- American Author - Disability rights advocate - Political activist and a lecturer - Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama - Lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness at the age of 19 months - She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of 7, - When she met her first teacher and life-long companion, Anne Sullivan. - Sullivan taught her the language, including reading and writing. -