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Recently there was an article about two 45-year-old Belgian deaf twins who found out they were going blind. As a result, 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 with their family and went into that eternal slumber that people all eventually face.I couldn't help but feel profoundly sad for these two 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 who 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 woman who was both deaf and blind who became an author, public speaker and political activist, traveling all over the world. If Helen Keller can make a life worth living, why couldn't these two men?I find it hard to believe that challenging medical advances out there, they couldn't think of a solution to help their deafness or prevent them from going blind.I recently saw a movie about cochlear implants. These devices have allowed children who were born deaf to hear and become part of the hearing world. However, in this movie, they did say that these implants aren't as successful in adults. The cochlear implant allows them to listen to but they don't necessarily understand what they're hearing so they still depend 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.Let's just assume these men looked into all the medical likelihood of improving their eyesight and hearing, and there were none. What options are left for them as deaf and blind people?The problem with cochlear implants and solutions for the deaf is they assume you can see. In the end, the deaf world is filled with people who can easily see. Likewise, the blind community is filled with people who can hear. Somebody who is both deaf and blind would have one foot straddling both communities. Yet they might not really be a full member of either world.I started to think about all the difficulties of someone who can neither see nor hear. Then I thought who am I to guage these men on their decision? After all, I'm speaking from a position of privilege. I can see, although not together with I used to manage to. I could hear, albeit with some hearing loss.What sort of life would someone deaf and blind live? What would a day in their life end up like? When I think about everything I do on a daily basis that a deaf and blind person wouldn't normally be able 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 in their shoes. These men would not be able to work. They might not be self-sufficient and may possibly be institutionalized or at the very least require a helper using them all or quite often. Their only chance of having any activity within their life would be should they learn Braille so they could read.I know that being deaf and blind makes communication with all of those other world difficult, but when you can read and write, there are ways of residing in touch with other people. https://www.file-upload.com/pmbaq92ib0uv I have no doubt that people would want to read their opinions and also read a book that they wrote about their life experiences and difficulties. After all, when you think of difficulties they face, you realize how minor your own problems are.I really do not think badly of the men for giving up on life, but I really do believe they had other choices. They could have already been examples of two men who triumphed over two of the biggest disadvantages in life. In the end, I am sad about the inspiration these men could have been to many people around the world if they had chosen to continue living. After all, I believe one of our biggest purposes in life is to inspire others. So long as you be capable of think, speak and write, you can certainly do this. It's important for everyone to remember that.