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because it is a retirement home and her and Polly thought it would be easier for her to live there.

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Chronology of Helen Keller's LifeJune 27, 1880Helen Keller is born to Captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller at Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama.February 1882After being struck by illness, Helen loses both her sight and hearing. No definitive diagnosis of the disease is ever determined.Summer 1886The Keller family meets with Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who recommends contacting Michael Anagnos, director of Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston. Captain Keller writes to Anagnos, requesting a teacher for Helen. Anagnos contacts his star pupil and valedictorian, Anne Mansfield Sullivan.March 3, 1887Anne Sullivan arrives in Tuscumbia and begins teaching Helen manual sign language.April 5, 1887Anne makes the "miracle" breakthrough, teaching Helen that "everything had a name," by spelling W-A-T-E-R into Helen's hand as water from the family's water pump flows over their hands.May 1888Anne, Helen, and Kate Keller travel north, visiting Alexander Graham Bell, and meeting President Grover Cleveland at the White House, and visiting Aganos at Perkins Institution.Fall 1889Anne and Helen return to Perkins, where Helen is considered a "guest" of the school.November 1891Helen sends Anagnos the story "The Frost King" as a birthday present. She is accused of plagiarism. 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