When Helen Keller was born, she was a 1 ( health) baby. But 2 ( unfortunate), when she was 19 months old, she had a sudden fever. Later, the fever 3 (disappearance), but she became blind and deaf. When Helen was seven years old, a teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to live with Helen's family. First, Anne taught Helen how to talk with her fingers. Then Anne taught Helen to read by the Braille system. Helen learned these things 4 ( quick) . However, learning to speak was harder. Anne continued to teach Helen 5 ( patient). 6 (final) , when Helen was 10 years old, she could speak 7 (clear) enough for people to understand her. Helen went to an institute for the blind, where she did very well in her studies. Then she went to college, where she graduated with honors when she was 24 years old. Helen travelled 8 ( extensive) with Anne. She worked 9 (tireless), traveling all over America, Europe and Asia to raise money to build schools for blind people. Her main message was that disabled people are like everyone else. They want to live life fully and 10 (normal). Helen wanted all people to be treated equal.