 And the compromise they came to was Helen Keller walking away. Wow. I think when I first heard about this decision, I was thinking about how close Helen and Anne had become in their later years. For me, there was this little like note of sometimes we do things for the people we love. Like she loved Anne. When you have a disability, casting off the people who are the most supportive of you and who help take care of you is a really dangerous thing to do.