This amazing woman, dumb, blind and deaf, symbolizes perseverance and the will to overcome the physical limitations
"The great poets are interpreters of eternal things. It is true that I can not see the moon, but s é it's there. "
This came to think and write in their book The story of my life (Ages, Mexico, 12th Edition, November 28) the tireless and wise woman many years ago was a blind and deaf girl who struggled in despair, vainly seeking a way to allow him to communicate with their anguished parents.
Eels Reread grew up in a very difficult childhood and frightened family and friends of the house screaming and constant changes, but when I turned six, his mother read Charles Dikens a book that had the incredible work done girl Laura Birdman, also deaf-blind.
Hellen's parents sought help from Michael Anagnos, director of the Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind and the famous Alexander Graham Bell. With the help of this they found the teacher Anne Sullivan, who with great dedication to reach the critical rehabilitation of the child.
Eels born in Tuscumbia unknown American city in northern Alabama, on June 27, 1880, and became the first deaf-blind-mute the world who graduated in University and also authored a best-seller "and named founder of campaigns for the rights of women.
The mystery of his illness
Helen Keller was born healthy, but at 19 months was surprised by a strange fever that doctors at that time called "brain fever" and probably was scarlet fever or meningitis.
Soon his mother noticed that while bathing the child, this did not close his eyes. He called the doctor, who discovered that the girl was blind. Days later also the progenitor found that little seemed not to hear the loud sound of a bell. For that reason was speechless too.
When I first visited the teacher Anne Sullivan Eels house, she put her hands on her face and dress of the teacher, tried to open his bag. Had a hard time removing it, then fought to have her whim. Ms. Sullivan then gave him a doll and she sat down to play with her.
The first evidence of the effort that Anne Sullivan did for Helen would be happy, is attached to the toy, when the small blind, deaf and dumb cradled in his arms, because it was just "doll" the first word that the girl learned.
When Eels took a few minutes doing this maneuver, the teacher took her hand and spelled the word mu-N-eca writing each letter in the palm of your not the girl, who was interested in strange movements and tried to imitate the path of the fingers of the teacher. That was the first time someone tried to teach Helen Keller.
Miss Sullivan did with the word "water" with the feeling of cool water into his hand, that Helen own comment: "Somehow in that moment suddenly realized the mystery of language. I knew then the wonder that was the coldness of the water that fell on my hand impulsively. That word "live" touched my spirit, giving it light, hope and joy "
In just a few hours Helen had learned 30 new words and since then his progress was astounding. He learned to read "playing", first using letters in relief, then with the Braille system.
At 20 he entered the Radcliff College, Harvard, where learned French, German, Greek, and Latin, thus opening great potential to the world of the blind and deaf. Anne Sullivan died in 1936, but Helen continued to travel the globe, collecting funds for the blind. His story was told in 1962 in the film The Miracle Worker (The miracle worker.) starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, who were Oscar winners for their tremendous performances.
Talk and "Play"
Miss Sullivan was a famous deaf teacher named Sarah Fuller, and indicated what he must do. Helen moved his hand on the lips of Mrs. Fuller, put his fingers inside the mouth of the new teacher to learn the position of the league, lips and teeth. Then issued the sounds that made Mrs. Fuller.
After that, Professor Helen gave other sounds and imitated all. Miss Fuller then said a few words in isolation, moving his fingers through the hands of Eels to show the extent of the syllables.
returned home at the height of the seventh lesson, turned to Miss Sullivan and said with a strange and empty voice, I can talk now. " That was really the first time made use of human language.
Helen took only seven lessons of Mrs. Fuller, but that was only the beginning of his long struggle to learn to talk. Week after week ... year after year, tried to speak ever more clearly. Repeated words and phrases for hours, using the sense of touch of his fingers even learn the vibrations of the throat of Miss Sullivan, the movement of your tongue and the look on his face as he spoke.
After several years Helen was able to "hear" by vibrating the best jokes from Mark Twain. With your fingers in lips, the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso dumped his golden voice 'in his hand and the violinist Jascha Heifets Helen played for her while her fingers rested lightly on the violin.
Helen Keller's victories over disadvantages or disabilities quickly made it famous. Began corresponding with many famous people, writing in English and French. Attended the school, next to her teacher Sullivan, who wrote in his hand the lessons of the masters. He graduated in 1904 with 24 years. So she wrote articles for various magazines and spoke for the blind in many parts of the dumb. Received honors in various countries, girls and boys ran to meet her. While other names will be forgotten, that of Helen Keller will be remembered for long.
In 1964 he received the Medal of Freedom, the highest award given U.S. a civilian, a year later was chosen to appear on the Walk of Fame of Women in World's Fair in New York.
died peacefully on June 1968. Some years earlier had lost her doll in one of her humanitarian trips.
This is a living example of "whoever wants to can"
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