Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. Sullivan taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
WikipediaHelen Keller Quotes (5)
"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."
View quote details →"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
View quote details →"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."
View quote details →"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
View quote details →"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
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