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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Profile America — Monday, June 27th. Today marks the birthday in 1880 of one of the most remarkable American women — Helen Keller. Less than two years old, she was struck with a major illness that left her deaf and blind. When she was seven, her family hired Anne Sullivan to try to teach her. The story of how Sullivan reached through Keller’s isolation and taught her to read and write sparked the book, stage play, and movie “The Miracle Worker.” Keller went on to graduate from college, read five languages, and travel the world, speaking for progressive causes. In the U.S., nearly one-in-five people have some sort of disability. Among those 15 and older, nearly 2 million are unable to see printed words, and one million cannot hear conversations. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
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