Helen Keller changed the culture of hearing, deaf and blind people. She inspired so many people to push their limits and showed that even the girl everyone calls "stupid" can be more than that. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in a small town of Ivy Green Estate. On July 27, 1880, she was a perfectly normal baby, she could hear and see. Until she was 19 months old, she became very ill and lost her sight and hearing. She was called a "wild child" because she could not understand that others were losing their sight and hearing was an unexpected thing for her and therefore she did not know how to communicate with others. On March 3, 1887 Keller's life changed for the better, his mother Kate heard about the Perkins School for the Blind and called Alexander Graham Bell and wrote to the principal of the Perkins School for the Blind asking for a teacher for Helen. This day is the day Anne Sullivan arrived and became a big part of Keller's life. Anne expected Keller's behavior, as the girl was both deaf and illiterate. Anne knew she had to find a way to make Keller understand the meaning of words, and after a month of spelling out words in sign language in Keller's hand, everything fell into place as Anne held Keller's hand under a water pump and fresh water flowed there. hands, she spelled out “WATE-R” into Keller’s hand. Keller realized what that meant and was so excited and wanted to know everything that she learned 30 words that day. From that day on, Keller fought to show that she was more than just blind and deaf, that she was intelligent and wanted to communicate. with people. Keller was no longer a wild child, she was too busy learning everything she could and wanted to learn. She learned to...... middle of paper ......ters from eight American presidents. His fame has earned him numerous awards, including the French Legion of Honor and the American Presidential Medal of Freedom. Helen Keller was a woman who championed all races and cultures and believed they all deserved equal rights; she was a spiritual woman and when Polly died in 1961, Helen resided quietly at Arcan Ridge and died in her sleep in 1968. Works Cited "Helen Keller Kids Museum". American Foundation for the Blind - Home Page. American Foundation for the Blind, 2010. Web. May 6, 2011. .Keller, Helen, John Albert Macy and Anne Macy. The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller: with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Print.