Who Is Helen Keller?

Helen Keller is one of the most famous handicapped persons in the world, as many of you know Helen was Blind and deaf but she was not born blind and deaf but when she was a year and seven months old. She got a disease described as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain", that eventually made her deaf and blind so even though she had some challenges she came to be a important person in life for example she was an advocate, she founded an organization and she met many Famous people.

by saying that she was an advocate I said that she worked for the people with disabilities and numerous other causes she tried to be a world-famous speaker and author and so she work for peoples right.

She founded an organization. Helen Keller and George Kessler founded The Helen Keller International organization. This organization is devoted to research in vision, health and nutrition. In 1920, she also helped to found the (ACLU) American Civil Liberties Union they consist defending and preserving the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the and laws of the United States.

According to (wikipedia) Keller met every US Presidents from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson and was friends with many famous figures, including Alexander Graham Bell, Charlie Chaplin, and Mark Twain.

Helen Keller was a very important person because even though she was, handicapped she did many thing in life she change many peoples lives, and she was known all over there world.


http://www.who2.com/helenkeller.html
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
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THE CHALLENGE

Challenges are what live is made of, there are many types of challenges there are mental challenges and physical challenges. My greatest challenge would be to learn another language it is a problem that I want eliminate a barrier that I want to surpass is tough but I will keep try until I reach my goal.

Overcoming this challenge is important because in the future I want to become so many thing and for me to accomplish that I will have to be smart and probably I will have to know a few languages. and because I live in united states I need to because a better writer and a better speaker so in a future close to now I can become someone. What is I decided to be a teacher or a scientist I wold need to be smart to get my job done.

The only way for me to overcome my challenge and be successful is to study, learn new thing get better at everything writing, speaking and listening also I could stay home and study, pay attention in class, by trying by best to understand and also by reading a lot because reading is one of the best way to keep you brain moving.

There are many people that can help me overcome my challenge for example my teacher and family my teacher can help me teaching me way to learn and my family can help me by telling me not to give up and by telling me that I can learn.

By overcoming my challenge I will gain knowledge and I will also gain opportunities and by opportunities I mean that if I know a few language I will have more opportunities to get a great job because of what I know.