article_snippet: As you might guess, the name honors Helen Keller -- who overcame blindness and hearing loss as an infant.
article_snippet: Before her death in 1968, Keller learned to speak and then eventually earned degrees from Radcliffe College and Harvard University, inspiring countless people around the world.
article_snippet: When I learned about Keller for the first time in the fourth grade, I surmised that I am half blind and half deaf like half Helen," said Chelsea Elliott.
article_snippet: When I learned about Helen Keller for the first time in the fourth grade, I surmised that I am half blind and half deaf like half Helen.
article_snippet: Helen Keller did so many extraordinary things with this life, I can only hope to be half as wonderful as Helen Keller is.