The Miracle Worker Hotlist for Web Resources

Helen Keller

• American Foundation for the Blind--Helen Keller Collection
  Has a collection of photos, writings, and more.
  http://www.afb.org/info_documents.asp?collectionid=1
• The Life of Helen Keller
  http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/keller.htm
• National Women's Hall of Fame
  http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=91
• Time Magazine's "The Most Important People of the 20th Century
  http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/keller01.html
• Helen Keller Services for the Blind
  http://www.helenkeller.org/graphicversion/bio.html
• The Life of Helen Keller
  In Search of Heroes: Tragedy to Triumph
  http://www.graceproducts.com/keller/life.html 

Annie Sullivan

• In Search of the Heroes--Annie Sullivan, Teacher
  http://www.graceproducts.com/keller/anne.html
• Women in History--Annie Sullivan
  http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/sull-ann.htm
• American Foundation for the Blind
  http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=927
• American Foundation for the Blind
  Letters written by or sent to Annie Sullivan
  http://www.afb.org/info_documents.asp?kitid=47&collectionid=1

Braille

• National Federation of the Blind--What is Braille?
  http://www.nfb.org/books/books1/ifblnd03.htm
• About Braille and Moon
  Links to site loss
  http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_aboutbm.hcsp
• Braille Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
• The Braille Institute of America
  http://www.brailleinstitute.org/

Trachoma

• International Trachoma Initiative
  http://www.trachoma.org
• Hellen Keller International
  http://www.hki.org/programs/trachoma.html
• Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001486.htm
• Trachoma Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachoma

• Mayo clinic: Trachoma
  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trachoma/DS00776

Music and Hearing Loss

• Hearnet.com
  http://www.hearnet.com/at_risk/risk_aboutloss.shtml
• Losing Your Ears to Music
  http://homepages.kdsi.net/~sherman/hearingloss.htm
• Music Induced Hearing Loss is a Growing Problem
  http://www.hearingcenteronline.com/newsletter/may00x.shtml
• Preventing Hearing Damage
  http://www.music-injury.com/html/prevent_loss.html

American Sign Language

• Lesson Tutor--American Sign Language
  http://www.lessontutor.com/ASLgenhome.html
• Michigan State University's American Sign Language Browser
  Has Quicktime movies illustrating letters and common words in sign language.
  http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/

Blindness and Sight Loss

• The Eye:  Information About Its Function and Vision Loss
  http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm
• Vision Problems in the US
  Several articles in PDF format that document types of blindness and statistics
  http://www.preventblindness.org/vpus/vp.html
• Medline Plus
  Numerous links to various types of eye diseases, disorders, and treatments. Also contains information about the function of the eye.
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/visionimpairmentandblindness.html

• Wikipedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness

Deafness and Hearing Loss

• National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders
  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/index.asp
  Links to types of hearing loss including noise-related hearing loss
• Hear-it:   Causes of Hearing Loss and Anatomy of the Ear
  http://www.hear-it.org/page.dsp?forside=yes&area=127

• Medlineplus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hearingdisordersanddeafness.html

• Wikipedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafness

   

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