Write a paragraph on "Helen Keller" in 150 words by answering the following questions.

(a) When and where was Helen Keller born? (b) How did she become blind, deaf and dumb? (c) Who helped her to communicate? (d) How did she achieve her education? (e) What did she do for the disabled people? (f) When did she die?

Helen Keller

Helen Keller was a great humanitarian. She was born in 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She became blind, deaf and dumb at the age of two after suffering from a high fever. On Graham Bell's advice, her father went to the director of Perkins School for the blind in Boston. A student named Annie Sullivan was sent from that school to help Helen in communicating with others. Helen started her formal education in 1890 at the Horace Mann School for the deaf. Though she was disabled, she had an indomitable desire to acquire knowledge. She learnt reading through Braille, and also learnt how to type. Annie always sat beside her in the class, and explained her all the lectures and texts.

Finally, Helen received BA degree from Radcliff College in 1904. Helen deeply cared for the sick and injured people. As a disabled person, she had her own experience. A disabled person can't use some parts of their body like normal people. So, they face various obstacles in their life. Knowing this well, Helen took steps for making learning easier for disabled people. She continued to work for them till her death. This great woman died in 1968.