Helen Keller(1880-1968)was born with the ability to see and hear.At 19 months old, she contracted an illness which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis.The illness left her both deaf and blind.Anne Sullivan arrived at Keller's house in1887,and immediately began to teach Helen to communicate by spelling words into her hand. Keller's big breakthrough in communication came the next month,when she realized that the motions her teacher was making on the palm of her hand,while running cool

Helen Keller(1880-1968)was born with the ability to see and hear.At 19 months old, she contracted an illness which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis.The illness left her both deaf and blind.Anne Sullivan arrived at Keller's house in1887,and immediately began to teach Helen to communicate by spelling words into her hand. Keller's big breakthrough in communication came the next month,when she realized that the motions her teacher was making on the palm of her hand,while running cool

water over her other hand,symbolized the idea of "water";she then nearly exhausted Sullivan demanding the names of all the other familiar objects in her world.Determined to communicate with others,she learned to speak,and spent much of her life giving speeches and lectures.She learned to "hear" people's speech by reading their lips with her hands—her sense of touch had become extremely subtle.She became proficient at using braille and reading sign language with her hands as well.

water over her other hand,symbolized the idea of "water";she then nearly exhausted Sullivan demanding the names of all the other familiar objects in her world.Determined to communicate with others,she learned to speak,and spent much of her life giving speeches and lectures.She learned to "hear" people's speech by reading their lips with her hands—her sense of touch had become extremely subtle.She became proficient at using braille and reading sign language with her hands as well.

Lori47 says:
GORGEOUS page as a tribute to Helen Keller! Beautiful chosen photo and beautifully framed amidst such lovely flowers and embellishments!!! You are a talented scrapper indeed!!!
Sep 20, 2018

LavenderSkies says:
Wow! This is absolutely beautiful...top page!!!
Jun 10, 2014

Xguern66 says:
Helen Keller's story is remarkable - love the photo of them and the layout for it.
Jun 10, 2014

limeynana says:
amazing page
Jun 10, 2014

ComputerGeek says:
sorry for the c/p but only have a few minutes and wanted you to know I stopped by and voted on your page
Jun 10, 2014

ideesdechris says:
Très belle page et merci pour cette histoire extraordinaire. Que d'émotions...
Jun 10, 2014