Helen Keller

Kilala natin siya bilang isang Amerikanong manunulat at political activist. At isang halimbawa ng gawa
niya ay “The Story of My Life”, isang autobiography.

 Brain fever describes a medical condition where a part of the brain becomes inflamed and
causes symptoms that present as fever. Brain fever" is an inexact and obsolete catchall term for
any inflammation of the brain, formally named encephalitis.

encephalitis often starts with headache, fever and prostration and progresses to hallucinations,
confusion, partial paralysis and disturbed behavior, speech, memory and eye movement. There is a
gradual loss of consciousness and sometimes coma.

 Bacterial meningitis is very serious and can be deadly. Death can occur in as little as a few

hours. Most people recover from meningitis. However, permanent disabilities (such as brain
damage, hearing loss, and learning disabilities) can result from the infection.

Bacterial meningitis occurs when these bacteria get in your bloodstream and travel to your brain and
spinal cord to start an infection.

Vision loss or blindness

The optic nerve, which plays an essential role in vision, can occasionally be damaged after
a meningitis infection. This can cause temporary or permanent blurry vision or even blindness. During
the acute stage of illness, a person may also experience double vision

Meningitis can cause sensorineural deafness in a number of ways. The most common cause is the

infection spreading in to the cochlea, damaging the hair cells. Another possible cause is inflammation of
the auditory nerve. Deafness can range from mild through to profound and can affect one or both ears.

 Scarlet fever is a bacterial illness that develops in some people who have strep throat. Also
known as scarlatina, scarlet fever features a bright red rash that covers most of the body. Scarlet
fever is almost always accompanied by a sore throat and a high fever.

Strep throat is a bacterial infection that can make your throat feel sore and scratchy.

The mechanism for scarlet fever causing permanent blindness is uncertain.

One of the serious results of scarlet fever was often deafness. The deafness usually arises from
complications that include sinus infections, followed by abscesses of the ear and often resulting in
mastoiditis.

 Meningoencephalitis also known as encephalomeningitis is an inflammation of the brain and its

surrounding protective membranes. It resembles both meningitis and
encephalitis. Meningoencephalitis can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoan or as
secondary sequel of other inflammations like AIDS.
Julian John Chisolm

- doctor in Maryland, Baltimore

- nothing could be done to her

- he was convinced that she could be educated. An extraordinary thought for the time, it required
extraordinary efforts by extraordinary people. Chisolm referred Captain Keller to Alexander Graham Bell,
who secured the teaching services of Annie Sullivan. 

Alexander Graham Bell

- inventor
-  His mother was almost deaf, and his father taught elocution, skill of clear and expressive
speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation, to the deaf, influencing Alexander’s
later career choice as teacher of the deaf. 
- In spite of gaining fame as the inventor of the telephone, Bell conti nued his lifelong
work to help the hearing impaired.
- Bell connected Helen Keller with Annie Sullivan.
In 1887, Captain Arthur Keller traveled from Alabama to meet with Bell in order to
seek help for his 6-year-old daughter, Helen, who had become blind and mute at the
age of 19 months, possibly from scarlet fever. Bell directed them to Boston’s Perkins
School for the Blind, where they met recent graduate Anne Sullivan, the miracle-
working tutor who would teach Helen to write, speak and read Braille.  
- suggested that they travel to the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston,
Massachusetts. 
There, the family met with the school's director, Michael Anaganos. He
suggested Keller work with one of the institute's most recent graduates,
Sullivan.

Anne Sullivan Macy

At the age of five, Sullivan contracted trachoma, an eye disease, which left her partially blind and
without reading or writing skills.

ti mid and love to sit on her mother’s lap, touching her face, amused how her lip moves. her
playmates also. school in Boston, when she heard of someone who is blind and deaf who
can speak with the others, she felt delighted and wanted to learn it.

led her to a teacher and learned to speak.

fi ngerspelling – American sign language

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