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Recently there was an article about two 45-year-old Belgian deaf twins who found out that they were going blind. Due to this fact, they both decided 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 believe that people who are depressed should be permitted to end their lives. Psychiatrists might help both with therapy and medications, if necessary.The main reason I feel 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 both deaf and blind who became an author, public speaker and political activist, traveling around the globe. 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 on the market, they couldn't come up with a treatment for help their deafness or prevent them from going blind.I recently saw a movie about cochlear implants. The unit have allowed children who have been born deaf to hear and become section of the hearing world. However, in this movie, they did say these implants aren't as successful in adults. The cochlear implant allows them to listen to 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 likely to learn to understand and communicate like a hearing person.Let's just assume these men looked into all the medical possibilities 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 that they assume you can see. After all, the deaf world is filled with people who can easily see. Likewise, the blind community is full of people who can hear. Someone who is both deaf and blind could have one foot straddling both communities. Yet they might not really be considered a full member of either world.I started to think about all of the difficulties of somebody who can neither see nor hear. I QUICKLY thought who am I to guage these men on the decision? After all, I'm speaking from the position of privilege. I can see, although not and also I used to have the ability to. I can hear, albeit with some hearing loss.What type of life would someone deaf and blind live? What would a day in their life end up like? https://www.file-upload.com/pmbaq92ib0uv When I think about all the things I do on a daily basis a deaf and blind person wouldn't normally have the ability to do, I realize 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 wouldn't normally be able to work. They could not be self-sufficient and would probably be institutionalized or at the minimum require a helper using them all or more often than not. Their only chance of having any activity within their life would be if they learn Braille so they could read.I understand that being deaf and blind makes communication with all of those other world difficult, but when you can read and write, you can find ways of staying in touch with other people. 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. In the end, when you think about difficulties they face, you realize how minor your personal problems are.I really do not think badly of these men for quitting on life, but I do believe they had other choices. They could have been examples of two men who triumphed over two of the largest disadvantages in life. In the end, I am sad about the inspiration these men could have been to many people around the globe if they had chosen to continue living. After all, I believe among our biggest purposes in life would be to inspire others. So long as you have the ability to think, speak and write, you can certainly do this. It's important for everyone to remember that.