Helen Keller was not always deaf and blind. She was born a healthy baby girl, but lost her hearing and sight after getting sick. Doctors told her parents that she would never make anything of herself. Determined, her parents ignored the doctors and got help from Perkins School for the Blind. The school sent Helen's teacher and future friend Anne Sullivan. Helen refused to let her disability keep her down. She learned to communicate, read, speak,and write. She was the first deaf-blind person to graduate from college and went on to become a best-selling author and speaker.
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