Deaf, blind and mighty: how Helen Keller learned to speak

To mark 50 years since Helen Keller's death, we take a look back at her remarkable story. At only 19 months old, illness left Keller blind and deaf. Yet she went on to become a powerful advocate for disability rights, women's suffrage and racial equality in the US. Her legacy is one of resilience and unshakable courage while her charity, Helen Keller international, founded in 1915, remains active across the world

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[SomeoneHasToSayIt]

When asked if she was afraid to die, Keller responded, “Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.” Rest in Heavenly Peace

[ellejbib]

Helen Keller was an AMAZING woman...She was definately NOT 'dumb' in any sense of the word!

[alex-obgr]

Now THIS lady deserves to be on a dollar bill. Just amazing!

[dailyinspiration]

Let's give it up to the real hero of this story. Ms Sullivan.

[ttexastomjohnnycat]

I remember when she died. Its obviously impossible for those of us that are healthy and with our hearing & vision intact to know what people like Hellen Keller go through. I have a very sweet cousin that was born deaf. God bless ALL teachers for the deaf & blind, and of course God bless the deaf & blind as well.

[melissawilliams]

Yes, she was an amazing woman. I wish she was still alive, I would have loved to have a chance to meet her. RIP, Helen Keller. BTW, 5 dislikes, shame on you.

[FSEVENMAN]

and that my friends is why we still speak of her today what an amazing woman

[Eva-lgie]

the tEACHER SOUNDED SK ANGRY “W A T E R WATER IT HAS A NAME”

[roberttherd]

I love the story tho about how she had no perception of time so somtimes she would wake up at 3 am and sit at the dinner table screaming until she was fed.

[kateallsop]

A perfect example of what a disabled person can do if given a chance

[natalyv]

Certainly, Helen Keller overcame immense obstacles; but, I was always more impressed with Anne Sullivan. I believe Patty Duke, as a child, played Keller as a girl in one movie; and, as an adult, played Sullivan in a later movie.

[kaileeamos]

how was this possible i don’t understand

[fafnhir_]

What an amazing woman and person.

I can't imagine her life to be so dark and so quite but she can make a light by her own.

[elfjm]

I’m not trying to be mean or anything and I know it’s not very respectful but there’s just no way she’s real.

[Rín-wín]

"the best and most beautiful things of this world cannot be seen, or even touched, but must be felt with the heart"

[ThatDangerousWolf]

She was a world wonder. Imagine the person inside of her that she couldn’t bring out until her epiphany. She was clearly intelligent her parents knew that because I think she started talking at six months or so. The woman she grew up to be and all because she finally realized a word meant a specific thing. One of the most inspirational and goosebump inducing stories of human history.

[PreludeSon]

There are those that brings destruction to the world and there are those who brings HOPE to the world. Helen, what a journey that you had endured and the hope that you gave to the world, your legacy will never be forgotten.

[jenniehand]

now everyone on tik tok cancelling her i-

[cactipoke]

I think it’s pretty cool that she kinda had the same old-timey accent as the people that she learned to speak from, even if it was just by feeling their mouths

[bobnetwork]

Helen Keller is such an inspiration, just like Superman.