Helen Keller

I do remmy seeing a movie on Helen Keller... that might be the Miracle Worker... I do remmy a little redheaded girl that played Helen in her young days... anyways, I was in awe of how Helen had done so much since she was deaf and blind as well... I wonder how she would do in this modern time?
 
Happy Birthday, Helen! :)

Shel, I've often wondered the same thing...what Helen would think of all the technology we have available for the deaf and deafblind today. I bet she'd be amazed! :)

As for the movie "The Miracle Worker," there were two versions.

One was in black-and-white (1962):

Amazon.com: Miracle Worker (1962): Video: Anne Bancroft,Victor Jory,Inga Swenson,Andrew Prine,Kathleen Comegys,Patty Duke,John Bliss,Walter Wright Jr.,Michele Farr,Alan Howard (II),Diane Bryan,Michael Darden,Beah Richards,Jack Hollander,Dale Helen Be

and the other in color (2000):

Buy The Miracle Worker by on DVD starring David Strathairn, Eugene Lipinski, Lucas Black at Movies Unlimited
 
I was 5 yrs old when she died. In 1975 Christmas, My dad gifted me Helen's book life. I was 12 yrs old. I was surprised heard about her in 1975 and Thank Dad! I read it very impressed of her life.
 
Happy Birthday to Helen Keller!

From what little I do know about her it is obvious to me that she was born in a well-to-do family that had financial access to alot of things that many other Americans in her day did not.

She did stand up for anyone who needed those services to have access to them regardless of their financial status. She knew from the start that sucess begins with access to opportunities.

Sadly even today there are people that stil dont have financial access to the services she did in her time.

As for her speech, with her having been deafblind at a early age before the proper development of speech - it is also an obvious note that her speech was not coherent. I assumed that all her speeches were translated from sign to speech by way of an interpreter. but I would nowhere near consider Helen Keller an oralist success.

She is an inspiration to many, including myself. Should the day come that I am totally deaf and blind from US then I will look to her for inspiration to continue on no matter what.

Sometimes I think we need a modern day Helen Keller to step up to the plate and say here here lets help those that need help helping themselves.
 
While Helen Keller is an amazing woman, she is also an Audist and thought badly of deafness. Wasn't one of her close, favorite fuddie-buddies is Alexander Graham Bell??
 
besemiasno said:
While Helen Keller is an amazing woman, she is also an Audist and thought badly of deafness. Wasn't one of her close, favorite fuddie-buddies is Alexander Graham Bell??
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Yeah, well, what with today's technology the deaf take advantage of AND if she were living now, she might change her tune and say she'd rather be deaf than blind. Lol....
 
akoutsourais said:
I agree. I don't discount anything she did either. If anything I admire her even MORE for recognizing that without the $$ she was born with she may not have accomplished all she did. She went further and tried to fight for others to have access to the same stuff she did. She went even FURTHER and fought for basically human rights in general. It would have been very easy for her to go along with the establishment (why do you think history books only focus on her early life and nothing of her political activism) and claim "I just pulled myself up by my bootstraps", but she had too much heart for others.

That's the problem with America. People think they did everything on their own, no doubt a couple have, but for most there was someone or something that was helping them in their success.
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Absolutely. I think the fact that she did recognize her advantages, and that she worked to level the playing field for others is what makes her so amazing.
 
Happy Birthday Helen Keller.

I've read a lot about her too. She did say that blindness cut you off from things, Deafness cut you off from people. You do have to remember though that was before the internet. I know before I went on line that I was more isolated then I am now so I think that if Helen Keller was alive now her deafness wouldn't be so much of a problem.

I'm very interested in her political beliefs. They tend not to be so well known I know and people tried to discredit her. I can idenify with her there as I have my own political beliefs as regarding Animal Rights and they are as popular now as socialism was then.
 
Not only that Im willing to bet Helen would be seen riding in a Mercedes limo and have the latest blackberry available at her disposal. Wouldnt neccessarily make her a bad person but trying to make a light comparison.
 
besemiasno said:
While Helen Keller is an amazing woman, she is also an Audist and thought badly of deafness. Wasn't one of her close, favorite fuddie-buddies is Alexander Graham Bell??
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Well..remember in those times, education about deafness and signing was not as widely available as it is today. Maybe today, she would see deafness in a different light ..maybe not..we would never know.
 
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