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DMF KeyNotes – Helen Keller Video Transcript

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[Narrator:] Daniel’s Music Foundation presents

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DMF KeyNotes

A Celebration of Individuals with Disabilities

This week features 

[Image – Sketch of Helen Keller]

Helen Keller born 1880 to 1968

[Image – Photo of Helen Keller]

She was an advocate and disability icon who lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months due to an illness.

Over 25 years and with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, Keller learned to communicate and attend school.

[Images (2) – Photo of Helen Keller as a young girl sitting on a large ornate armchair with a white dog on her lap on the left side of the screen, and photo of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan dressed in beautiful gowns, sitting on 2 chairs, on the right side of the screen]

In 1904, she became the first blind and deaf woman to graduate from college.

[Image – Photo of Helen Keller squatting down to pet a dog with her right hand]

At an early age Keller became well-known for overcoming her disabilities.

[Image – Photo of a teen Helen Keller with long hair]

Her impact inspired many advances in public services and in removing the disabled from asylums.

[Image – Photo of a middle-aged Helen Keller with two young school children]

In 1920, Keller co-founded the ACLU and tackled numerous social justice issues.

[Image – Photo of an elderly Helen Keller holding a large and thick book in her hands; she is standing in a corner of a room flanked by bookshelves filled with law books]

In 1955, at the age of 75, she embarked on a 40,000-mile, five-month trek across Asia to deliver speeches that inspired millions of people.

Keller received many honors but most notably the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964, and elected into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 1965.

She is the only person to be invited to the White House by every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson.

[Quote from Helen Keller:] 

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”

[Image – Photo of a distinguished Helen Keller dressed in formal wear adorned with lace]

Thank you Helen Keller!

[Image – Photo of a smiling Helen Keller]

You can thank her too by sharing her incredible story today!

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Photo Credits (in order):

  • 4th Slide - Helen Keller Sketch: VectorStock.com

  • 5th Slide - Photo of Helen Keller: Library of Congress

  • 7th Slide - Photo of young Helen Keller (Left): American Foundation for the Blind

  • 7th Slide - Photo of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (Right): Library of Congress

  • 8th Slide - Photo of Helen Keller with Dog: Library of Congress

  • 9th Slide - Photo of Helen Keller: Perkins School for the Blind

  • 10th Slide - Photo of Helen Keller with 2 School Kids: Perkins School for the Blind

  • 11th Slide - Photo of Helen Keller: American Foundation for the Blind

  • 15th Slide - Photo of Helen Keller: Perkins School for the Blind

  • 16th Slide - Photo of Helen Keller: Getty Images

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