Helen Keller is a historical figure who was found to be blind and deaf at a young age. As she grew up, she learned to cope with her disabilities, and eventually recieved her doctorate, wrote six books, and some say she flew a plane. Some people however, think that it's all just a hoax.
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, and when she was just over a year old, she was sick with Scarlet fever which left her blind and deaf. The doctor that diagnosed her also sent her a teacher named Anne Sullivan to teach her how to speak and understand what people say. Anne stayed with her for the rest of Helen's life. Helen learned how to read braile and to understand people tracing letters on her hands. Eventually, she learned how to "lip read" by putting her fingers on people lips while they spoke to her and a hand on their throats to feel them talk.
In 1904, she graduated from Radcliff college and was the first deafblindness to earn a degree with a bachelor's degree of arts. When she was 23 years old, she wrote her first book. It was about being blind, which was not very common for people to learn about back then. After that, she went on to write five more books about her faith and the stories of her life. In June of 1946, Helen flew an airplane from Rome to Paris over the Mediterranian Sea for twenty minutes. This was very unsual becuase not only was she blind and deaf, but women rarely used airplanes to travel, much less to fly them. She had only ever ridden as a passenger once in her life, but still had the courage to get in the cockpit and fly the plane.
I personally think that Helen Keller was real becuase there are pictures and eye witnesses to confirm what has been said. I think it is very unusual for a blind and deaf person to achieve all of the acomplishments Helen Keller did, but not impossible. Some people also have conspiracies that she was never real, because there is no way any of these things could happen back then.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Sullivan
https://www.britannica.com/story/how-did-helen-keller-fly-a-plane
https://sites.aph.org/hall/inductees/keller/
Do you think Helen Keller was real?
Do you think she really did all these things?
What would you do if you were blind and deaf? Would you strive as much as Helen Keller?
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Great topic choice and very well done Ainsley!
I think that she was a real person as there is a lot of info pointing towards the fact that she was. I dont think she did some of the things people say she did as especially back then I feel as if it would have been really hard for someone deaf AND blind to do things like this.
I think that Helen Keller was real because there is so much proof that she was but i dont think she was really blind and deaf, I dont think she could have possably done all of these things and if i was blind and deaf i wouldnt know what to do, and i wouldnt strive as much.
I think she was a real person but I don't think she really was blind and deaf, I think she did all the things but didn't have trouble with them because she was faking it the whole time. but it is hard to get evidence of her faking it because everyone she worked with never said anything about her faking them.
I think she was real because it is kind of hard to get evidence of her faking it. I think she did all these things but with help though. I wouldn't be able to imagine if I was blind or deaf.
I personally do not think Helen Keller was real, I feel that there is not enough evidence to back up the things she's done, it doesn't make sense how someone with two disabilities. If I was blind and deaf I would probably just try to attempt the things I normally do, not anything abnormal.
I disagree, I think that there are too many facts to say she wasn't real, even though it sounds so crazy.
I don't think Helen Keller did much since she is Blind, Deaf, Dumb. I think I would be very very hard to communicatie with her if she was flying a plane.
I think that she was real because its very possible for someone to be blind and deaf and still write a book if she had help. I do think that she did all of things as long as someone was there to help her with it. If I was blind and deaf I would probably not write books because it seems like it would be very challenging.
I agree, and I do think she had someone to guide her through everything she did. I definitely wouldn't try to do those things either, because I think just living that way would be hard enough.
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