Issue date: 27 Jun, 2018
CIVIC VALUES. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEAFBLINDNESS.
Once again this year, Correos is issuing a stamp dedicated to Civic Values, a series of principles that all citizens should follow, respect and share.
Over the years, these stamps have expressed important values, such as solidarity, diversity and creativity.
This year, the issue is dedicated to people who are deaf-blind, and in particular, to the celebration of the international day of deafblindness.
People who are deaf-blind have two sensory impairments (visual and hearing). They suffer from communication problems and have a range of special needs, including specially trained care staff and special communication methods to cope with daily living activities.
The stamp features the image of Helen Keller, who was left deaf, blind, and unable to speak after a childhood illness. These limitations caused her to invent more than sixty signs to be able to communicate with her family from an early age.
Her parents consulted with Alexander Graham Bell himself, who advised them to contact Professor Anne Sullivan, who immediately isolated the child to some extent from her family, in order for her not to become accustomed to care that would condition her development. Anne taught Helen to think intelligibly and speak, using the Tadoma method: touching the lips of others while they speak, feeling the vibrations, and spelling out the alphabetic characters in the palm of the communicator’s hand. At 24, she graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College, where Anne Sullivan had translated every word in her hand, and became the first deaf person to graduate from college. Helen, with her great willpower, was an internationally renowned speaker and author. She always fought for the sensory impaired, and that is why she founded Helen Keller International.
The stamp also includes the image of the red and white cane, which identifies people with deafblindness.
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