![]() ![]() ![]() It wasn’t until Anne Sullivan, a determined 20-year-old teacher from the Perkins School for the Blind, brought Keller’s hand under a fountain and palm-spelled the word "water" that she began to interact with the world that surrounded her. Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880 to a former captain of the Confederate Army and a “Memphis Belle” 20 years his junior, Keller lost her sight and hearing from a severe illness (some say scarlet fever or meningitis) at 19 months old. ![]() I made it about five steps before giving up. I did attempt to place myself on the tenji buroku, or the bumpy yellow lines for the vision impaired on Japanese sidewalks, close my eyes and plug my ears. Often, when I write, I try to put myself in the subject’s shoes and imagine seeing life from their perspective or hearing the sounds around them. ![]()
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