Random wikipedia browsing: Chan Poh Lin (born 1945?), also known as Theresa Poh Lin Chan, is a writer, teacher, and one-time actor.[1] Born in Singapore, she was known in her youth as the Helen Keller of Southeast Asia, as a reference to indicate that, like Keller, Chan is a highly accomplished deaf and blind person.[2] Chan has been deaf since age 12,[3] and deafblind since age 14.[4] In the United States, Poh Lin Chan was educated at the Perkins School for the Blind[2] where she learned to understand and speak English and read Braille as well as dance, ice skate, knit, and horseback ride.[4] While a student in the US, she attended the funeral of Helen Keller.[2] She is the subject of a 1964 BBC radio documentary, Child of the Silent Night: The story of Chan Poh Lin by Stephen Grenfell. She also starred in the feature film, Be with Me (2005), a Singaporean movie in three parts. Chan is credited as a writer for the film as well,[5] considered because her writings about her life were part of the inspiration for the film. Ice scate? Dance? Horseback ride? While blind AND deaf? Shit. I cant even do one of those things (at least not well).
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:14:30 +0000
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