Steven Ferdman/Getty Images; Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Millicent Simmonds will play Helen Keller in Wash Westmoreland's 'Helen & Teacher' biopic ...
Young people on TikTok are denying the life of Helen Keller. Keller — an author and activist born in Tuscumbia, Ala., in 1880 who lost her sight and hearing as a result of an illness at 19 months but ...
American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller examines one of the 20 th century’s human rights pioneers in honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The new documentary rediscovers the ...
As a disabled social activist and suffragette, Helen Keller is a household name. But her life story doesn't begin and end with her work. Let's take a deeper look into her early life, her evolving ...
Mattel, the manufacturer of Barbie, released its Helen Keller doll on Tuesday as a part of its Inspiring Women series. But advocates say Barbie’s Helen Keller doll has symmetrical eyes that don’t ...
Patty Duke’s Oscar nominated performance in 1962’s "The Miracle Worker" wasn’t the first movie about a disabled person I saw, but it was the most ubiquitous. When you grow up disabled, the names of ...
A doll inspired by Helen Keller will hit shelves at retailers nationwide and on Barbie.com on Tuesday Barbie's line of Inspiring Women dolls is adding a new famous face to its lineup: Helen Keller!
The activist Helen Keller lost the ability to see or hear 19 months after her birth on this day, June 27, in 1880—and went on to show the world that a disability like hers didn’t have to be a barrier ...
Dr. Godin is a writer, performer and educator and the author of “There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness.” Like many disabled people who grew up in the decades after Helen ...