Did Hellen Keller actually accomplish what they said she accomplished? Was she real? : r/AskHistory
To clarify, in no way am I an ablest, I don’t intend this to be anything offensive or harmful, I’m only curious and seeking facts. I do believe that people with disabilities can accomplish great things, but I just need clarifications on this. I understand that Helen Keller was blind, deaf, and mute, but how was she able to write books and supposedly fly a plane? And how was she a public speaker? I know she had an interpreter, but my question is how did Helen Keller even understand anything? How could she understand the world around her? I also know she wasn’t born deaf nor blind, nor mute, but she did become blind and deaf at and early age before she could even understand words. I’m very sure that my school has never brought up the topic of Helen Keller… ever. The only time I’ve seen her was on an essay prompt and it gave a short script from her book, and it was all imagery. How can you literally describe the smell or the feeling of things if you don’t know what they are? Maybe she did