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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For years before there have been people who have "disabilities" and have achieved much more than the rest of the people, so I don't doubt that she is real and that she has done all those things. I couldn't answer what I would be able to do if I were in a situation like hers, because we think very differently according to our feelings at the moment.
I agree with you, I think there is a possibility she could have done some of these things, but I don't think its all true.
I believe that Helen Keller was real, I don't see why someone would make up her story and life. I think that she did a majority of those things. Writing a book is easy, she could have had someone transcribe words for her, and she could have had help with other things. The only questionable one, however, is her flying a plane and that may have been an exaggeration.
I agree, I think that the story is almost to crazy to make up, but she may not have done all the things that people have said she did.
I think she could've been real but I do not think that she really wrote a book or fly a plane. If i was blind and deaf I don't think I would evenbe able to understand english let alone write a book.
I don't think Helen Keller is a real person or did anything that is stated. I think someone made her up to show that anyone can do anything but it's hard to believe she actually did most the stuff.
I disagree, I think that what we know is almost to crazy to make up, but I see how it can be hard to believe.
Yes but i dont think that she really wrote a book and flew a plane and all this other stuff. But if she actually and truly did it could be great she deaf and blind no way she wrote a book, i think she had a lot of help with flying and writting it seems crazy just thinking about it
I think Helen Keller wwas real, but I find it hard to believe some of the things people say she accomplished during her life. I think it would be possible for her to write a book, as she could talk while someone writes for her, but there's no way she could fly a plane if she can't see where she's going and she can't hear directions from other people.
I agree, I think that she could have learned how to communicate and how to do basic things like that, but I don't think that anybody would let her fly a plane.
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