I want a summary of CH 1-14 on 'The Story of my life' in about 150-200 words. I want to made one thing clear that i don't want  chapter wise summary as been provided in the Website. I want a short summary on CH 1-14 in abut 150-200 words.

Helen talks about her family and early childhood. A mysterious illness left Helen blind, deaf and dumb. She talks about her days after the illness when she was coping with darkness and silence. Helen relates to us her struggles to express herself which often led to frustration and emotional breakdown. She met Dr Agnos of Perkins Institute, who helped the family by sending Miss Sullivan, a competent teacher. Helen describes the coming of Miss Sullivan and how she taught her to speak with the help of her fingers and her sense of wonderment at learning things. Helen talks about her growing awareness of the world around her and how she started to bond with nature. With time her vocabulary increased and she learnt to perceive abstract concepts like 'love' She learnt things by play method and picked up concepts of geography, botany and zoology by touching real objects. Helen enjoyed celebrating Christmas with her teacher. She visited Boston with Miss Sullivan and her mother. There she met Mr William Endicott and his daughter. She talks about her vacation at Brewster and her first experience of sea. She learnt that it was unkind to force creatures of nature to live away from their habitat. She describes her outing to the summer cottage, campfire evening and hunting expeditions. She then describes a winter spent in a New England village. She was inspired by Ragnhild Kaata, a deaf and blind girl in Norway who had been taught to speak. She describes the witing of the story "The Frost King" and how the incident had a deep impact on her life.