Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan: Miracle is Right

The podcast explores the inspiring story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, focusing on their extraordinary partnership and its impact on perceptions of deafblind individuals. It details Anne Sullivan's difficult early life and her innovative methods of teaching Keller, including the manual alphabet, which enabled Keller to break through her isolation. The discussion highlights Keller's remarkable progress, learning to read, write, and speak, eventually graduating from Radcliffe. It also addresses the skepticism and challenges they faced, including classism and smear campaigns. Beyond their educational achievements, the podcast emphasizes Keller's later-life activism, advocating for civil rights, women's rights, and disability rights, and her global impact as an ambassador and advocate for inclusivity.