sick with serious illness

A Strong child

Got quickly better

something’s strange

No longer responded

Called her name

Put their hands in front of her eyes

Mute - blind - deaf cause by serious illness

simple things

such as milking a cow by putting hands action

learned communication with body language

eg. bread , cutting motion with her hands

angry and screamed or broke things

7 years old

Parents hire a teacher from the blind school

Anne could help communicate

By that time - created 60 signs - used to communicate with her family

Still very limited in her communication

Anne taught her how to spell first word (doll) using sign language

Didn’t really understand The signs meant

repeat the signs again and again

Understood how to communicate and learn

Over the next 3 hours

30 objects

No longer angry and behaved badly

Focused all her energy on learning to communicate

went to college

first deaf - blind woman to graduate with a bachelors of art degree

A successful writer and wrote 12 books

A successful motivational speaker

During these talks

Sign language and translator spoke to the audience for her

Traveled to 39 countries

Overcame her physical disability

Died on June 1, 1968

an inspiration for people

Deaf, blind and mute

Persevered through these obstacles to accomplish amazing things in her life