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Recently there was an article about two 45-year-old Belgian deaf twins who discovered that they were going blind. Because of this, they both made a decision to end their lives by medically assisted suicide. Fortunately for them, they lived in Belgium, a country where euthanasia is legal. They said goodbye to their family and went into that eternal slumber that we all eventually face.I couldn't help but feel profoundly sad for both of these men. One reason is that I just don't think the life of a deaf and blind person is worthless. Also because I don't think that people that are depressed should be allowed to end their lives. Psychiatrists might help both with therapy and medications, if necessary.The main reason Personally i think sad for these men is that I saw the movie, The Miracle Worker, about Helen Keller. She actually is famous worldwide as a female who was simply both deaf and blind who became an author, presenter and political activist, traveling around the world. If Helen Keller could make a life worth living, why couldn't these two men?I find it hard to trust that challenging medical advances on the market, they couldn't come up with a solution to help their deafness or prevent them from going blind.I recently saw a movie about cochlear implants. The unit have allowed children who were born deaf to hear and be the main hearing world. However, in this movie, they did say that these implants aren't as successful in adults. The cochlear implant allows them to hear but they don't necessarily know very well what they're hearing so that they still rely on lip-reading. Because children's brains remain developing, they are more prone to figure out how to understand and communicate just like a hearing person. https://www.easyfie.com/read-blog/453248 Let's just assume these men looked into all of the medical possibilities of improving their eyesight and hearing, and there have been none. What options are left for them as deaf and blind people?The issue with cochlear implants and solutions for the deaf is that they assume you can see. After all, the deaf world is filled with people who can see. Likewise, the blind community is filled with people who can hear. Someone who is both deaf and blind could have one foot straddling both communities. Yet they would not really be considered a full person in either world.I started to think about all of the difficulties of a person who can neither see nor hear. I QUICKLY thought who am I to guage these men on their decision? After all, I'm speaking from a position of privilege. I could see, although not together with I used to have the ability to. I could hear, albeit with some hearing loss.What sort of life would someone deaf and blind live? What would each day in their life end up like? When I think about all the things I do every day that a deaf and blind person would not have the ability to do, I understand why the twins felt so hopeless. But if Helen Keller read, wrote, graduated from Radcliffe College, and made her life worth living, why couldn't they?What would I do every day if I were within their shoes. These men would not be able to work. They could not be self-sufficient and would probably be institutionalized or at the very least require a helper with them all or quite often. Their only potential for having any activity in their life would be if they learn Braille so they could read.I understand that being deaf and blind makes communication with the rest of the world difficult, but if you can read and write, there are ways of residing in touch with other people. I have no doubt that people would like to read their opinions and also read a book they wrote about their life experiences and difficulties. In the end, when you think of difficulties they face, you understand how minor your personal problems are.I do not think badly of the men for quitting on life, but I do believe they had other choices. They could have already been types of two men who triumphed over two of the biggest disadvantages in life. Ultimately, I am sad about the inspiration these men could have been to many people around the world if they had chosen to keep living. After all, I believe one of our biggest purposes in life would be to inspire others. So long as you have the ability to think, speak and write, you can do this. It's important for everybody to remember that.