Alex rodriguez biography video about helen keller

Author. Lecturer. Political activist.

Alex rodriguez biography video about helen keller for kids

Humanitarian.

These aren’t titles you’d usually associate with a person who can’t see or hear. Helen Keller’s story is different. Against all odds, she transformed her life into a story of extraordinary perseverance.

Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama. She was a healthy baby until the age of 19 months when she developed a febrile illness. It left her deaf and blind.

Alex rodriguez biography video about helen keller

At the time doctors diagnosed it as 'brain fever'. Experts today believe she suffered from bacterial meningitis, rubella or scarlet fever.

Her life could have easily been confined to silence and darkness. But instead, Helen rose above her disability.

With the help of her teacher and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan, Keller defied the odds and became a celebrated author and advocate.

Breaking through isolation

Six-year-old Helen Keller’s world was heavy with frustration.

As a blind and deaf child she struggled to communicate