Being deafblind and making a difference in society is a great accomplishment. 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 Scarlett fever and became very ill. After the illness ended, 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 could work with the blind. The teacher's name was Anne Sullivan and she was able to teach Helen to "speak" by putting letters in Helen's hand. 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 life, Helen became a college graduate and wrote many books and articles about herself. Most of the articles Helen wrote were published in the newspaper and she became...