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1) How did Helen Keller become deaf and blind? What was it called?  scarlet fever 2)What was her life like as a child? Where did she live? Tuscumbia, **Alabama,** **Helen** was born a normal child. **She** started speaking when **she** was six months **...** Devotes **life** to helping others

3)Did she have any siblings? With whom did she live? What were her parents’ names? Captain Arthur H. Keller,and Kate Adams Keller. she had two brothes and one step brother.

4)What did Anne Sullivan do to help Helen Keller? How did she teach her? anne sullivan helped hellen by teching her how to speak. Anne taught her finger spelling and braille. 5)What was Anne Sullivan’s life like before and after meeting Helen Keller? Anne sullivan was blind herself when she was a child. 6)What is Braille? braille is dot that are placed in places for the blind.

7)What is fingerspelling? fingerspellig is sign language but for the blind and is spelled in the palm.

8)What is the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston? The perkins school for the blind is the school that sent Anne to Hellen

9)Did Helen Keller learn to speak? yes from Anne teaching her.

10)Where did she go to college?  From 1894 to 1896 Helen attended the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf.

11)What was the name of her autobiography? The autobiography was called The Story Of My Life. 12)What did Helen Keller do for the American Foundation for the Blind? hellen joined forces with the American Foundation for the Blind in 1924 to raise funds

<span style="color: #363493; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 200%;">13)Why is Helen Keller famous even today? I n 1904, Helen Keller was only 24 years old when she became the first blind and deaf person ever to graduate from a University. She went on to become a world famous speaker, author and advocate for people with disabilities. In 1915 she founded **HKI (Helen Keller International)**, a non-profit organization for preventing blindness and malnutrition. As a firm believer in human rights, Helen Keller helped to found the **ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)** in 1920.