Before Helen Keller became the author of 14 books and an international advocate for the needs of others, she was a young girl ...

We talked with Sue Ruzenski, Ed.D., CEO of Helen Keller Services, which is comprised of two divisions: Helen Keller Services for the Blind, serving five boroughs of New York and Long Island, ...

Though deaf and blind, she learned to speak several languages, authored several books, and starred as herself in the 1919 film “Deliverance,” which is about her challenging personal journey to a ...

Tony holding his sculpture with students. Anthony (Tony) Giordano, a DeafBlind artist from Helen Keller Services, visited students at Weber Middle School in Port Washington this week to demonstrate ...

New York, Sept. 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To celebrate its 50 th anniversary, the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths & Adults (HKNC), a division of Helen Keller Services, along with ...

As a disabled social activist and suffragette, Helen Keller is a household name. But her life story doesn't begin and end with her work. Let's take a deeper look into her early life, her evolving ...

A musician, Richard Norman Corey — who likes to say "I was born blind beautiful" — sat in an embroidered chair at The Art Guild in Manhasset under a mixed-media collage he created that illustrates his ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Mark Twain once said the two most interesting characters of the 19 th century were Napoleon and Helen Keller, but a series of TikTok-based conspiracy theories have young ...

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-- A deaf and blind man is learning to communicate a whole new way. He is creating expressive sculptures, thanks to training at the Helen Keller National Center on Long Island. On ...

The writer and activist Helen Keller, who overcame the challenges of being both deaf and blind, spoke about the power of cooperation and shared purpose. She once said, “Alone we can do so little; ...

In 1927, Helen Keller came to the Lions International convention and said, “The opportunity I bring you, Lions, is this: To ...