Being deafblind and making a difference in society is a great achievement. Helen Keller made many contributions to help and care for the blind and deafblind. Because she never gave up, Helen Keller changed the way society viewed the blind. Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880. When Helen was less than two years old, she contracted scarlet fever and became very ill. Once the illness was over she became deaf and blind. Because she was unable to communicate her feelings, Helen was often angry as a child. Helen's mother and father were able to hire her a teacher who was capable of working with the blind. The teacher's name was Anne Sullivan and she was able to teach Helen how to "speak" by writing letters in Helen's hands. Soon Helen was able to construct simple sentences, read Braille and write. Helen often wrote letters to her friends and family about her life and how she was doing. Later in her life, Helen graduated and wrote many books and articles about herself. Many of the articles written by Helen were published in newspapers and she became...