On NPR's Radiolab program...Alabama's Helen Keller is "Exorcised"
"Fantasy writer Elsa Sjunneson has been haunted by Helen Keller for
nearly her entire life. Like Helen, Elsa is Deafblind, and growing up
she was constantly compared to her. But for a million different reasons
she hated that, because she felt different from her in a million
different ways. Then, a year ago, an online conspiracy theory claiming
Helen was a fraud exploded on TikTok, and suddenly Elsa found herself
drawing her sword and jumping to Helen’s defense, setting off a chain of
events that would bring her closer to the disability icon than she ever
dreamt. For over a year, Elsa, Lulu and the Radiolab team dug through
primary sources, talked to experts, even visited Helen’s birthplace Ivy
Green, and discovered the real story of Helen Keller is far more
complicated, mysterious and confounding than the simple myth of a young
Deafblind girl rescued by her teacher Annie Sullivan. It’s a story of
ghosts, surprises, a few tears, a bit of romance, some hard
conversations, and a possibly psychic dog."
Listen to the program HERE:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/helen-keller-exorcism
A Statue of Helen Keller is going to be installed on the Alabama Capitol grounds soon. It will be designed to be touched and experienced by blind people.
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