![]() It’s an image that has become ingrained in nearly all discussions of disability representation on-screen. ![]() Patty Duke’s Oscar nominated performance in 1962’s “ The Miracle Worker” wasn’t the first movie about a disabled person I saw, but it was the most ubiquitous. My earliest memories of Keller come from the place I’ve loved and chosen to cover for my career: the movie screen. Whether one is actually deaf or not, any perceived limitation causes someone to bring up the author and disability rights advocate, for good and ill. When you grow up disabled, the names of other disabled or Deaf icons are always running through your mind - Helen Keller being one of the mainstays.
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