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Originally posted by sexymama
To communicate well, does not mean to understand English. Helen Keller understood concepts. She didn't necessarily use the same sentence structure we do.
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Except she
did! She became an elegant and inspiring writer. She's one of the most often-quoted women of her time!
I once heard her quoted saying that before she had language she was like an animal. She had no concept of herself, and interacted with her environment only in terms of stimulus and response. Imagine discovering the whole world like that--doing with the world what an infant does, but from inside an adult mind. Just amazing.
Sometimes when I think I've got it rough and don't see a way out, I think about Helen Keller. Sounds corny, but it's true.