Helen Keller Impact On Society
INTRODUCTION
Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. She was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama and died on June 1 ,1968. Anne Sullivan arrived at Keller's house in March 1887, and started to teach Helen how to communicate by spelling words into her hand. She went on to become a world-famous speaker and author. She is remembered as an advocate for people with disabilities, amid numerous other causes. She wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles. At age of 11 she wrote The Frost King . There were allegations that this story had been copied from The Frost Fairies by Margaret Canby. An investigation into the matter revealed that Keller may …show more content…
During the past few years, there has been a growing awareness and major shift in attitudes of society towards disability. Parents of disabled childrens tends to be over-protective. This over-protectiveness of the parents affects carers in different ways. Unfortunately, and unwillingly this attitude may result in the person with disability becoming dependent on others.Person with disability have to face various negative attitudes and barriers within the education system. They also have to face negative attitude of peers. Even children have misconceptions about disability and these persons. People calls disabled with disability names. This is another type of harassment, like moving away from the person with disability, which is often the result of fear or lack of knowledge. This may result in feeling of insecurity and may lead the persons with disability to experience isolation, lack of motivation to
Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. She was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama and died on June 1 ,1968. Anne Sullivan arrived at Keller's house in March 1887, and started to teach Helen how to communicate by spelling words into her hand. She went on to become a world-famous speaker and author. She is remembered as an advocate for people with disabilities, amid numerous other causes. She wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles. At age of 11 she wrote The Frost King . There were allegations that this story had been copied from The Frost Fairies by Margaret Canby. An investigation into the matter revealed that Keller may …show more content…
During the past few years, there has been a growing awareness and major shift in attitudes of society towards disability. Parents of disabled childrens tends to be over-protective. This over-protectiveness of the parents affects carers in different ways. Unfortunately, and unwillingly this attitude may result in the person with disability becoming dependent on others.Person with disability have to face various negative attitudes and barriers within the education system. They also have to face negative attitude of peers. Even children have misconceptions about disability and these persons. People calls disabled with disability names. This is another type of harassment, like moving away from the person with disability, which is often the result of fear or lack of knowledge. This may result in feeling of insecurity and may lead the persons with disability to experience isolation, lack of motivation to