deaf and blind

[a.baker]

I am making this because of a thread Smkie started about weird questions to ask, I wondered this for a long time but doesn't really fit the thread she started.

What would it be like to be both deaf and blind? I can't imagine and I would go crazy. And you know there are people like this in the world. This kinda blows my mind.

I am so very grateful for having all my senses and limbs but I can't imagine being deaf and blind at the same time. Your world would consist of only you trapped inside your own thoughts only being able to feel.


Hmm what would you rather be? deaf or blind?
I would rather be deaf.

 

[smkie]

Have you read Helen Keller's autobiography? IF not you might find it fascinating. I did.

I took care of one man at the nursing home that was both but he was mentally challenged as well and no one know what he was able to comprehend. All i knew was he liked it when you wheeled him fast down the hallway, it made him laugh. And you had to make sure to remove the ice cubes from his drink or he would swallow them whole and choke.

 

[a.baker]

Who is she?

 

[a.baker]

Do you ever think about how lucky we are to have the things we have when it comes to our bodies and realize how easy in a flash we could lose it? Shows how we are not in control and its kinda scary to think about. Makes you wanna get off your butt and run I feel someday we are all going to get old and eventually lose something anyways. I can't imagine how a person with no legs views a lazy couch potato.

 

[a.baker]

I find it amazing how an animal like a dog can have three legs and run like it never misses its leg that gone.

 

[Sunnierhawk0]

My mother is 100% completley deaf, but she wasnt born that way. Over the years, the heavy amounts of drugs in her system finally led to her loosing her hearing. She went from being able to hear just fine, within a year of not hearing a sound. For 2 years we would have to write things on paper for her, because her being her, refused to learn sign langague.

She got 2 cochlear implants, per her insurance, and it restored around 95 % of her hearing. Its truely amazing what they can do with technology these days.

 

[bubbatd]

I think I'd rather be deaf too . Can't imagine how that Mom with the triplets both deaf and blind can cope ! Also , am I that old that some don't know the Helen Keller story ??? Bubba played Belle in a Civic Theatres " Miracle Worker "

 

[709Juggalette]

There was a kid in my daughter's daycare who was born deaf and blind.She is 2 yrs old! Imagine that???
I always wondered what it was like for her? I mean,only 2 and deaf/blind...how is she going to learn anything???

IF I had to pick,I think I would rather be deaf.

 

[smkie]

I can't believe you don't know who she is.

Helen Keller
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Helen Keller


Keller in 1905
Born June 27, 1880(1880-06-27)
Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA
Died June 1, 1968 (aged 87)
Arcan Ridge, Westport, Connecticut, USA
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to graduate from college.

The story of how Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play The Miracle Worker.

What is less well known is how Keller's life developed after she completed her education. A prolific author, she was well traveled, and was outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women's suffrage, workers' rights and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes.

Contents [hide]
1 Early childhood and illness
2 Formal education
3 Companions
4 Political activities
5 Writings
6 Akita dog
7 Later life
8 Posthumous honors
9 Portrayals of Helen Keller
10 References
11 External links
11.1 Works by Keller
11.2 Politics
11.3 IMDb
11.4 Other

 

[a.baker]

There was a kid in my daughter's daycare who was born deaf and blind.She is 2 yrs old! Imagine that???
I always wondered what it was like for her? I mean,only 2 and deaf/blind...how is she going to learn anything???

IF I had to pick,I think I would rather be deaf.

I know how could one learn a language. If you can't learn a language than how would you think with your thoughts, just emotion but not be able to think it out?

Than one could also never learn brail (spelling?) if they can't learn a language or what a letter is or means by feel only.

But I feel the human body is so complex we would communicate one way or another and somehow know how to do it. But see thats the thing, I would think someone blind would greatly rely on their hearing to get around.

 

[a.baker]

I can't believe you don't know who she is.

Helen Keller
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Helen Keller


Keller in 1905
Born June 27, 1880(1880-06-27)
Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA
Died June 1, 1968 (aged 87)
Arcan Ridge, Westport, Connecticut, USA
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to graduate from college.

The story of how Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play The Miracle Worker.

What is less well known is how Keller's life developed after she completed her education. A prolific author, she was well traveled, and was outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women's suffrage, workers' rights and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes.

Contents [hide]
1 Early childhood and illness
2 Formal education
3 Companions
4 Political activities
5 Writings
6 Akita dog
7 Later life
8 Posthumous honors
9 Portrayals of Helen Keller
10 References
11 External links
11.1 Works by Keller
11.2 Politics
11.3 IMDb
11.4 Other

Heard of the name and the Miracle Worker but thats it. So she could at one time hear and/or see?

 

[bubbatd]

I believe she was under two when she got sick .

 

[zoe08]

Also , am I that old that some don't know the Helen Keller story ???

I am only 22 and I am thinking...She doesn't know who Helen Keller is?!

No offense a.baker, just hard to imagine someone not know who she is. You should go rent The Miracle Worker and watch it.

I would rather be deaf also.

 

[a.baker]

I like to read but most books to me are boring, same with movies LOL. I'm a get up and go short attention span person I suppose. I have finished only 3 books my entire life and working on a 4th. Thats why I have heard of her but never read or watched the movie.

 

[~Jessie~]

I'm 23, and I've known who Helen Keller was since I was really young. I think I even had a book about her when I was a little kid and learning how to read!

A. baker, I'm not calling you a liar, but I find it pretty hard to believe you've only read 3 books in your life. Every year up until middle school, we had at least 5 required reading books a year. And in middle and high school when I took honors and AP classes, we had to read WAY more than that.

 

[bubbatd]

Maybe you should go to Cliff Notes ....... broaden yourself at least a little .

 

[a.baker]

I'm 23, and I've known who Helen Keller was since I was really young. I think I even had a book about her when I was a little kid and learning how to read!

A. baker, I'm not calling you a liar, but I find it pretty hard to believe you've only read 3 books in your life. Every year up until middle school, we had at least 5 required reading books a year. And in middle and high school when I took honors and AP classes, we had to read WAY more than that.

No the only book I read in school was Mice and Men. No I never read the other books. LOL no I'm not lying.

If this thread is going to turn into a.baker not reading enough books than forget it.

 

[~Jessie~]

I just finding it really surprising. Did you go to school, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Pam111]

I think I'd rather be deaf too . Can't imagine how that Mom with the triplets both deaf and blind can cope ! Also , am I that old that some don't know the Helen Keller story ??? Bubba played Belle in a Civic Theatres " Miracle Worker "

No, you're not that old. I was shocked because I thought everyone was taught about Helen Keller in school MANY times. And a.baker, I am not trying to be rude at all

 

[bubbatd]

Agree !!! It should not only be required reading , but discussion .