Still Waters Posted June 27, 2017 #1 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Helen Keller got a lot done in her lifetime. Much of it had nothing to do with her disability, though some of it did. But her stature as a public figure has created myths that reveal as much about longstanding societal biases as they do about her real life. As schoolchildren learn, Keller lived most of her life as a deaf-blind woman. She was born—on this day in 1880—with the abilities to see and hear, but when she was less than two years old she contracted an illness–perhaps meningitis or scarlet fever, according to Daven Hiskey for Today I Found Out–that left her unable to see or hear. But beyond that simple fact, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-big-ableist-myths-about-life-helen-keller-180963793/ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcgram Posted June 27, 2017 #2 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Very interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daughter of the Nine Moons Posted June 27, 2017 #3 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Interesting article, I learned something today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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