Helen Keller - Deafblind Author & Activist | Mini Bio

Helen Keller - Deafblind Author & Activist | Mini Bio | Biography

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Deafblind author and activist Helen Keller overcame incredible odds to become an international champion for the disabled. Learn more about her life in this mini biography. #Biography
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@Schaananigans 8 жыл бұрын

Shoutout to her teacher though for sticking with her for so long and for giving up her own time to help Hellen.

@bellaeulo8823 7 жыл бұрын

Pupidy hey thanks so much im annie sullivan for wax museum in my school

@juliusmartinez9271 7 жыл бұрын

Pupidy

@dorisb3790 7 жыл бұрын

Pupidy of

@prasadb6832 7 жыл бұрын

bad

@Dragonair08 6 жыл бұрын

It's hard enough teaching a child who can see, hear, and speak. It would have been a huge effort to teach Helen. They persevered and they did what many thought was impossible.

@amandamcdonough7661 7 жыл бұрын

Please Add Captions to this video so that the Deaf have access to it! Helen would have wanted a bio about her to be accessible.

@sika6477 6 жыл бұрын

"would have"

@killerbeealdc6983 5 жыл бұрын

Can’t you just turn on captions

@boosoungkwan8578 5 жыл бұрын

Amanda McDonough m

@bvnny1379 5 жыл бұрын

@@killerbeealdc6983 no, because there are no captions.

@killerbeealdc6983 5 жыл бұрын

•Bad Luck• I know, I noticed that.

@alxzaur 8 жыл бұрын

The sad irony in fact that this video has no subtitles. What about other deaf persons (360 million worldwide, according the last WHO statistics)?

@brady2483 6 жыл бұрын

Alexander Popov it's called reading lips honey.

@EmilyDeArdowriting 6 жыл бұрын

It's called you can't read lips on a voiceover.....

@duality1677 6 жыл бұрын

Brady lip reading is difficult and faulty. Different people with different accents form words differently.

@killerbeealdc6983 5 жыл бұрын

Alexander Popov can’t you just turn on captions

@daddylonglegsrunforlife3693 5 жыл бұрын

I wish they could add captions! Luckily I have one cohlear implant hearing aid. I'm born deaf both ears . I used to have that movie when I was very young. Today I learned about her in my ASL class. (If you are wondering why I'm in still ASL 1 class is because when I was infant. I got surgery so I can able to hear WITH my hearing aid on. Doctors want me to speak more and more speech. I'm in high school still difficult. It was so different from Elementary.) Bleh. I'm good. @Brady Lol, really? :P How can you not notice that? Deaf people can not read lips while watching the video using voice with no face. (IDK if my sentences makes sense..) Plus I check the video if they have caption. It is not there.

@amandaking714 3 жыл бұрын

A most awesome individual. My favorite quote by Helen Keller is, “There’s nothing worse than having sight and no vision.” Beautiful lady and pretty child too. Praise God for her life and legacy. Rest in peace angel.

@bullseyearcher1 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! My favorite of hers is “Muh mah muh muh wah tah mutta wah mah mah”

@butter5144 2 жыл бұрын

@@bullseyearcher1 are you mute?

@butter5144 2 жыл бұрын

Powerful quote

@AverageAlien Жыл бұрын

Yeah she totally came up with that quote. Totally bro. Someone that was deaf and blind from 19 months can totally grasp the meaning of words.

@annehoskins5795 Жыл бұрын

As a child with minimal brain dysfunction, school was very difficult for me. One teacher read a book about Helen Keller. I was inspired to attend university because of this. Previously I thought this would have been impossible.

@gingerfarkus6658 8 жыл бұрын

The professor at the end of the video spoke about Helen Keller and her living proof of being able to live a full and productive life...what an understatement! This amazing woman did so much more than many of us WITHOUT disabilities could ever do or hope to do!

@frenchieseverine4514 7 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Helen did much more than most of us will ever do. We are poor next to her and even with our sight and hearing we will never achieve so many things,i won't achieve as much..i love learning and reading and i am very inquisitive since i was a child but Helen is exceptional and Anne was bright too..She is the proof that nobody is useless and that we can live even with our disabilities.

@proclivities460 6 жыл бұрын

She wasn't allowed to marry, though...

@mistertoli9312 3 жыл бұрын

Sh was a froud

@peteyvasquez490 3 жыл бұрын

Frenchie have point. Helena already did many thing when she little girl. She did eat food from her family plate. She don’t know how to eat or thing like that. Till parent hired teacher Helen Keller for full time.

@hidof9598 3 жыл бұрын

@@proclivities460 , so? Why is that a point?

@bisichis6025 7 жыл бұрын

I am so sad that I will never be able to meet this amazing woman, but I am so happy in a sense that my words will never explain well enough that she lived a life more full of joy than most of us will ever.

@fishersofmen4727 4 жыл бұрын

You can in Heaven, and she will be able to see and hear you!

@Belynda 3 жыл бұрын

If you do some research, her teacher had a tough life and a labor of love seemed to drive her to help Helen succeed . Remarkable woman !

@ateethyaahsstory9342 2 жыл бұрын

@jgonascar 8 жыл бұрын

Very underated historical figure.

@valeriac5386 7 жыл бұрын

Last week two thirty-something college graduates (from different careers) didn't know who Helen Keller was. I was surprised they didn't know her, even more because one of them has a degree in music therapy, but even after I told them a little bit about her they hadn't heard about her. So I think plenty of people in the world doesn't know about her.

@libertyann439 5 жыл бұрын

She died in 1968. But she was overshadowed by the RFK assassination.

@delightfullydakota5019 7 жыл бұрын

Helen Keller was a truly inspirational person.She defeated the notion that blind and deaf people are always going to be restricted by their disability.Helen was an advocate for disability rights,women's suffrage,and pacifism.I respect Anne Sullivan for learning Helen to finger spell and achieve the freedom to communicate effectively and live her life normally.Rest in peace Helen,you will be remembered and missed.

@Bhodisatvas 8 жыл бұрын

What a life and what an impact on history. Every now and again special human beings come along.

@steadmanuhlich6734 7 жыл бұрын

Hellen Keller was a great human being. Her life story, her words, and her voice for humanity should be heard forever, as an inspiration to the many who face adversity and to others so they may appreciate how some have very difficult lives but also have hope and compassion. We can all learn from her outstanding example of the human spirit.

@Panda-no9jn 7 жыл бұрын

Steadman Uhlich well SAID.

@michellegruber4187 4 жыл бұрын

Bravo !

@ateethyaahsstory9342 2 жыл бұрын

Good even

@dennisconrad6124 3 жыл бұрын

My mother was the youngest of 15 kids. Her mother went blind when my mom was about 6 months old. I think her mother was about 43 when she went blind. But my mom used to always tell the story, that Helen Keller came to visit her mother once. I always thought that was kinda cool, considering they were just farmers in Northern Ohio.

@haworthluke 6 жыл бұрын

My tiny fragile human brain can't even comprehend how this woman could possibly learn to communicate let alone have such deep and profound thoughts. Some of her quotes hit home so hard. Life is indeed a daring adventure or nothing at all

@AverageAlien Жыл бұрын

Because she couldn't communicate. She was a fraud.

@moonbound6478 Жыл бұрын

@@AverageAlien imagine being wrong lol

@cancarmine4327 Жыл бұрын

@@moonbound6478 Imagine being so convinced of something that allegedly happened that you cannot investigate the truth of the matter

@MargMcGrath1 8 жыл бұрын

Why isn't this captioned?!?! Seriously?! It's a Helen Keller bio.....common sense people!! #duhBio

@augustovabrentankya5833 7 жыл бұрын

Captions for the blind? Great idea

@quitecontraryone 7 жыл бұрын

+Augustova Brentankya No… Captioned for the deaf. Helen Keller was also DEAF. People who have combined vision and hearing loss might appreciate a visual description and captions. HOWEVER, the reason I posted this comment was because a deaf friend of mine, not blind, is a professional that alps works with people with combined vision and hearing loss. She would like it captioned as well.

@Nova-nd5ff 6 жыл бұрын

xD.

@antonioa3078 6 жыл бұрын

Never know she existed.. never heard of her in School or anywhere

@EricBrownBey 6 жыл бұрын

himiko toga what is the world coming to

@Nova-nd5ff 6 жыл бұрын

If she is blind/deaf, it is ironic that this video has no closed captioning. xD.

@marylawson6060 7 жыл бұрын

Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke did outstanding performance in The Miracle Worker. Helen Keller was an amazing child to learn what comes easier for others. Miss Sullivan opened the world to this wonderful woman.

@hankmesker 5 жыл бұрын

Annie Sullivan is underrated. No Annie Sullivan no Helen keller.

@godwinadedoyin8742 3 жыл бұрын

Helen Keller should be remembered as a good influence for people with disabilities worldwide! She is one of my favorite international travelers and American women.

@MsSilverTulip Жыл бұрын

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

@anthonyesparsen7776 5 жыл бұрын

Helen Keller should be remembered as one of the greatest human beings on our earth

@talkingcatsproductions1140 Жыл бұрын

I will never forget learning about her as a child. What an amazing person. Thank you Helen.

@kaitlinbailey5296 8 жыл бұрын

I'm deaf I have CI and I know sign language 😊. I have 266 friends in my school cuz they think I cool

@TheGreekPianist 8 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful :) I'm so happy for you

@quinnscott8377 8 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA i think its so funny and cute that you have friends cus of a disease DUH!! they fell bad they dont "think u cool"

@crybaby1688 8 жыл бұрын

+Quinn Scott Shut up. You don't know that. So stfu.

@augustovabrentankya5833 7 жыл бұрын

Bless you and ignore the idiots!

@kennethanderson7229 7 жыл бұрын

Kaitlin Bailey that's because you are cool

@debrashateri8015 5 жыл бұрын

Thank God that Helen Keller showed people that other people with disabilities deserved to live and...to often thrive. She truly was an earth angel and hero.

@oddlycreatetiff8920 3 жыл бұрын

Are you serious???😆🤣😂 helen keller was an avid supporter of eugenics! 🤣 She wrote letters to doctors who delivered babies born with birth defects, urging them to commit infanticide in some form. She believed that these babies would become criminals and be a drain on society. You could not have possibly come up with a more ironic statement if you had tried!🤣😂🤣😂🤣 And on a side note, she was also a socialist...likely because she grew up with wealth privilege. You'll never find a person who crawled out of poverty pushing for socialism! It's so funny, really. She believed in eugenics as a disabled person who was allowed to live, and believed in socialism while she only experienced a middle-class lifestyle. Very telling.😄🤣😂

@debrashateri8015 3 жыл бұрын

@@oddlycreatetiff8920 Thank you so much for enlightening me.🤗 I apologize for my ignorance about Helen Keller. I promise that I will read her memoir and learn more about her beliefs. Very disturbing...🤔

@sabbath2112 6 жыл бұрын

My high school once did The Miracle Worker as our winter play and it was magnificent. It's such a great play.

@mdshahjahan9002 5 жыл бұрын

My respect and honor for Kelen Keller will remain forever.

@Knazy 2 жыл бұрын

Even if you knew she was pro Eugenics?

@gooniesneversaydie3699 6 жыл бұрын

The love and dedication of her teacher! What a trooper

@donpkra 6 жыл бұрын

Bless you as you RIP - a remarkable woman - i can't believe what she accomplished in her life brave brave woman

@otisthebunny 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most incredible human beings who ever lived. I can't respect this woman enough. There are few stories as inspirational and humbling.

@MollyGrenci 5 жыл бұрын

God bless Miss Annie for not giving up on Helen Keller

@DrAnnieErewhon 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine...the State of Texas recently decided to exclude the life of Helen Keller from the educational curriculum, as not important enough..! This amazing woman was so important to history...an inspiration

@cherylwebb8340 3 ай бұрын

When I was in 3:54 elementary school, I read every book about her i could find. She was a beautiful, intelligent woman ❤

@nonabliss 3 жыл бұрын

Such a remarkable woman! Thank you Helen Keller for all your accomplishments and contributions to the world.

@gaiseric9518 2 жыл бұрын

My older brother used to tell me that Helen Keller hid underneath my bed and would rip my ears off when I'm sleeping so that she could obtain them for her collection. I believed this for about a decade.

@maryamsham1724 2 жыл бұрын

I cried when there was a lesson in our english text book ..what a lady

@Eazy-ERyder Жыл бұрын

Every second just watching her or hearing her when she DID speak is a blessing in this life. "Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content" - my Favorite Hellen Keller quote

@billydorsheimer4371 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus... if this woman doesn't motivate you to better yourself or to reach higher levels as a human being.. I don't know what will..

@spike84able 7 жыл бұрын

Helen Keller was a very intelligent women whom overcame many odds for the handicapped that fell upon her at the age of 18 months. Her teacher Ann Sullivan was marvelous in being able to reach into Helens young mind and pull out the brilliance that was hidden. The two of them together really helped educate about handicapped people and how to help aide the deaf and blind which opened a whole new world for them. Just an amazing story.

@virgieescototo8283 5 жыл бұрын

I salute you helen keller and her teachers..much love from philipinea😍😍😍

@kaws3076 2 жыл бұрын

I truly don’t understand how this is possible

@victordaniel3251 2 жыл бұрын

Such a remarkable woman...God Bless her.

@daveskerritt185 7 жыл бұрын

It's an amazing story, and accomplishment by Helen and Anne any way you look at it.

@artofficial5079 5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't imagine what opposite future would Helen have if Annie Sullivan didn't happened to her life. 💛💛💛💛

@IstoriaTV.Asateer 3 жыл бұрын

Great Woman indeed. Real Inspiration...💐❤📚

@AConcernedCitizen420 9 жыл бұрын

Let love flow!!! Love you Helen!

@moutaserezayid8550 3 жыл бұрын

how

@Madeleinedeburgh-vt6lb 6 жыл бұрын

Her teacher is the hero... she is the star

@ruskiryan2398 4 жыл бұрын

A beautiful spirit who saw more than the sighted. X

@kayleereneerinkenberger7063 6 жыл бұрын

my aunt is deaf and she speaks very well.

@littlelady2473 5 жыл бұрын

So perfect and to the point. Great to share in a classroom.

@66kprdwd 8 жыл бұрын

Little known fact about Helen Keller: When she was in her 20's, doctors actually removed both oh her eyes and replaced them with glass ones. Helen's left eye protruded quite noticeably and wasn't too attractive. In all her early photographs, Helen was always shown in a right profile until her eyes were changed.

@bunnybastille1 8 жыл бұрын

+John Greene I had read that before too. When I looked at a photo of her, I saw that her eyes didn't have the look of a blind person's eyes, if that makes sense. Your comment clears up that question.

@augustovabrentankya5833 7 жыл бұрын

Nice try. Haha

@tadwahlen1661 7 жыл бұрын

John Greene

@tadwahlen1661 7 жыл бұрын

John Greene

@66kprdwd 7 жыл бұрын

Yes?

@bhocfa 8 жыл бұрын

i am so happy that you guys are talking about her

@donnawoodford6641 5 жыл бұрын

There's Patti Duke who played her in a movie. Didn't know they actually met. I remember hearing about Helen growing up. I would have been in 8th grade when she passed.

@rachelheflin0584 6 жыл бұрын

Helen Keller is my hero. I have congenital nystagmus and I have learned that people seem to think the same way about children with disabilities.

@Knazy 2 жыл бұрын

Yet she was pro Eugenics. Not a great quality for a hero.

@fmfory6 2 жыл бұрын

dang i rememer i was in a small intervention class in 1st grade and she telled us about helen keller i will never forget those times

@squiffybear6944 6 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful, brave woman. 👏🏼😘😘

@fazeslither2703 8 жыл бұрын

I'm deaf good thing I learned about sign language

@johnthomason5491 8 жыл бұрын

my brother is 100% deaf as well, except he has a cochlear have you looked into getting a cochlear

@fazeslither2703 8 жыл бұрын

i have a cochlear tho im really serious

@toxickiller5735 6 жыл бұрын

bless you.

@killerbeealdc6983 5 жыл бұрын

Why would you be on KZfaq if you were deaf? Not hating but..

@killerbeealdc6983 5 жыл бұрын

O sorry nvm CC

@anthonyesparsen7776 5 жыл бұрын

Her teacher was an angel

@paperchaser9565 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing story. Very impressive.

@Justinhe2008 7 жыл бұрын

I like important people no matter what.

@TheHunk348 8 жыл бұрын

What an Amazing person she was. :-)

@paceflchick 5 жыл бұрын

This story amazes me today at the same level it did when I first learned of her 45 years ago.

@Skyla_and_Adina24 9 жыл бұрын

I love this.

@ShubhamKumar-rt2tw 3 жыл бұрын

Shoutout to her teacher through for sticking

@shobhashringi8745 2 жыл бұрын

Great LADY Very Courageous , l bow. My Head in respect ,😢👍

@toxickiller5735 6 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful human.

@RonWylie-gk5lc 6 жыл бұрын

A wonderful human, this is what we are capable of, I would love aliens to see and hear this story before they see the rest of what we can do. I agree with Pupidy below, it really started with Ann her own tutor, until today I have never thought of or even heard of her own teacher, what an inspiration they are for all of us

@Obtaineudaimonia 8 жыл бұрын

Good summary. I've recently created a short animation based on Helen Keller's life based on her autobiography which covers many of the same aspects of her early life but in a little bit more detail.

@RachelMasonRocks 8 жыл бұрын

+ObtainEudaimonia love to see it!

@Obtaineudaimonia 8 жыл бұрын

Rachel Mason I'm not able to post links here but if you search youtube for 'how to overcome obstacles helen keller' it is the first result. Let me know what you think!

@Obtaineudaimonia 8 жыл бұрын

+laura Silveria thanks Laura, glad you liked it!

@Obtaineudaimonia 8 жыл бұрын

+laura Silveria I gather she's a well-known figure in the USA but it's a shame her story isn't more known elsewhere in the world. It's truly inspirational.

@RachelMasonRocks 8 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@heisnambobosingh7961 5 жыл бұрын

SO BLESSED TO SEE THIS

@pedrozaragoza2253 5 жыл бұрын

Extraordinary.

@desireepeters7520 6 жыл бұрын

God bless to Helen Keller r,i,p😊

@IamNobodysHW 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful picture at 3:22 I never knew Patty Duke got to meet Helen Keller.

@queerasthedayislonglove8950 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing and heart warming story.

@phantomayee3049 3 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Helen!❤❤

@scouser2010ify 5 жыл бұрын

Annie Sullivan was a great teacher she had the patience of a saint

@FredPickett Жыл бұрын

Such a good/touching story.

@anthonyesparsen7776 5 жыл бұрын

This blind deaf woman achieved things we whole people can only dream of what a shame on us

@danielcreen2400 5 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, Ms Keller!

@thefunhauszooscea253 6 жыл бұрын

It's because of her that my brothers my sister my friends and family and myself have the opportunity to actually have a life. As for in the past both my brothers and my sister and most of my friends would have been forcefully taken away from our Holmes and put in institutions and have done unspeakable Horrors done 2 Us. My entire family and friends are truly grateful.

@ponceperales1041 3 жыл бұрын

May 2021. I truly hope you are all doing well. My thoughts went to your house, visiting you while reading your words.

@ste.b.7400 5 жыл бұрын

What an amazing happy story!

@aldajesus1648 3 жыл бұрын

She was a very interesting person very intelligent person

@brd8764 3 жыл бұрын

Life is a gift.

@brunopmcosta 3 жыл бұрын

What a inspiring story

@khanomeir97 8 жыл бұрын

There is movie made on her story called Black. It's a Bollywood movie. It's a must watch, watch it with subtitles.

@IsyahSalam 6 жыл бұрын

Mo Khan yes i did watch it, great movie. very different from the other hindi movies which is typically lively and colourful with song and dance. Black has none of that. while it was not about Helen, it was definitely inspired by her.

@paoloangelino24 4 жыл бұрын

Respect!

@WanderingVeteran 5 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome!

@kitty-vk8ic 6 жыл бұрын

Her teacher Amazing human being!

@Paulmatthew22 4 жыл бұрын

Makes me cry,.Nothing makes me cry : (

@bettykilfoy354 5 жыл бұрын

Helen was soo amazing. What a challenge,,to be deaf and blind. Wow!!!!!wonderful 💜💕😂

@HZWY_Records 2 жыл бұрын

Kid me for some reason heard the name hellen keller and everytime someone says something stupid or does something stupid i said: you sound like helen keller on a friday night (i still use it to this day lol) but seriously... props to her

@angelamartin2811 2 жыл бұрын

Helen keller was very intelligent: The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched-they must be felt with the heart. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much… Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow… Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light… The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision… What I am looking for is not out there. It is in me… It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountain of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears…

@olivia6063 4 жыл бұрын

An amazing woman.

@JustJason633 3 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Helen Keller. I pray that you have a wonderful blessed birthday. I know you're up in heaven with God enjoying your new eyes and ears. We're very grateful for everything that you did to help others here on Earth and your legacy will forever remain a symbol of strength and perseverance. God bless you I can't wait to meet you.

@nikhilsukumar23 6 жыл бұрын

Wow never saw the photographs. So vivid. Wonder why schools don't have these photographs. Schools are crazy.

@246schoolgal246 7 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was about people thinking they 'didn't deserve to live' more so they know it's an incredibly difficult way to live and the obstacles are endless. Not only that, but there would be no way of knowing the amount of effort that would be needed to support them. Helen's teacher was an incredibly patient woman (and thankfully Helen's family were supportive and well-off) but this kind of support and those resources are both very rarely available to those with these conditions.

@Adiamondintherough1 7 жыл бұрын

Bravo

@yashswivai1013 6 жыл бұрын

This video help me to do my homework

@lusiashulz5307 6 жыл бұрын

Praise to Lord , there was a reason for her to born deaf and blind , when one door closes , another opens . If she will be a regular person , almost no one will pay attention to her message . We have to remember always God has reason and solution for every thing in our life, all we have to do just trust Him and never give up on Him. . Glory to Holy Trinity .

@Shannononly 5 жыл бұрын

Lusia Shulz she wasn’t born deaf and blind. She developed an illness at about one and a half which rendered her deaf and blind.

@horsegirlb7120 5 жыл бұрын

Actually we found out in the 1860s germs cause disease

@MelB868 3 жыл бұрын

She was deaf and blind at 19 months not born that way

@MelB868 3 жыл бұрын

@@horsegirlb7120 I know germs cause disease.