Although Helen Keller died at age 87, blind and deaf, she had been an educator. Helen loved and cared about education and wanted other blind and/or deaf people to have the opportunity to receive it too. Knowing what it meant to be blind and deaf, he wanted to help others who were blind and deaf. Many people believe that Helen Keller was born blind and deaf, but she was not. It changed Helen's life at just 19 months old! She had fallen ill, most likely with scarlet fever, and had never fully recovered, because she had lost almost all her sight and could no longer hear. A little girl born capable of seeing the beautiful world, but it was taken away from her. It was a pain to keep up with him afterwards. Since Helen could no longer hear what her parents were saying or see where they were doing or what they were pointing at, she did whatever she wanted until she was grabbed. When Helen turned six, in 1886, her mother took her to a medical specialist in Baltimore, Maryland, who then referred her to Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander gave Helen a teacher named Anne Sullivan. Later, in August 1896, Helen lost her father and 25 years later, Kate Keller, her mother, died due to an unnamed illness. As a child, Helen was difficult, since you couldn't get her attention without grabbing her, and even then I couldn't tell her anything. He later quoted: “I once knew only darkness and silence. My life was without past or future. But a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that grasped the void, and my heart leaped with the ecstasy of life" (Khurana). Helen's courage is incredible. It is overwhelming that even though she could not feel, she could see, she moved, she acted and did her best to make her mark, to show the world that she... middle of paper... 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.Khurana, Simran Quotations." About.com Quotes. About.com, nd Web. 2 April 2014. Wellman, Victoria. "Forbidden Love by Helen Keller: the new book inspired by the author's clandestine engagement tells stories of thwarted love and broken hearts." Mail online. Associated Newspapers, May 8, 2012. Web. April 7, 2014. Sultan, Rosie Helen Keller in Love New York: Viking, 2012. Print.