The story of Helen Keller is the story of a child who, at the age of 18 months, was suddenly shut off from the world, but who, against overwhelming odds, waged a slow. Portrait of Helen Keller as a young girl, with a white dog on her lap (August 1887) At a plain, black well-pump in the small southern town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, one of the world's great miracles took place. It began one bright, spring day in. Detail the life of Helen Keller, who overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century's leading humanitarians, on Biography.com. Fact 3: Dr. Alexander Graham Bell insisted Helen’s father write to Perkins Institute for her education. The Perkins Institute sent a teacher named Ann Sullivan to. One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. Address to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf at Mt. Airy. Helen Keller was born with the ability to see and hear. At 19 months old, she contracted an illness described by doctors as an acute congestion of the stomach and. Geneviève Reeves October 2010 HELEN KELLER’S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY Why she is a true leader There are two people I believe made a huge difference in our world. Helen Keller and Lions Clubs International. Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA, in 1880, Helen Keller developed a fever at 18 months of age that left her blind and deaf. Helen Keller was born 27 June 1880 in Tusculum, Alabama. When she was only 19 months old, she experienced a severe childhood illness, which left her deaf and blind.