Recently there was articles about two 45-year-old Belgian deaf twins who found out they were going blind. Due to this fact, 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 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. https://myemotion.faith/wiki/Apply_These_6_Secret_WAYS_TO_Improve_Blind_Person Also because I don't believe 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 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 woman 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 trust that with all of the medical advances out there, they couldn't think of a treatment for help their deafness or prevent them from going blind.Not long ago i saw a movie about cochlear implants. These devices have allowed children who were born deaf to hear and be area 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 hear but they don't necessarily know very well what they're hearing so they still rely on lip-reading. Because children's brains remain developing, they are more likely 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 full of people who can easily see. Likewise, the blind community is filled with people who can hear. A person who is both deaf and blind would have one foot straddling both communities. Yet they would not really be considered a full member of either world.I started to think about all of 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 along with I used to have the ability to. I can 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 be able 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 on a regular basis if I were in their shoes. These men wouldn't normally be able to work. They might not be self-sufficient and would probably be institutionalized or at least require a helper with them all or quite often. Their only chance of having any activity within their life would be if they learn Braille so that they could read.I understand that being deaf and blind makes communication with all of those other world difficult, but if you can read and write, there are ways of staying in touch with other people. I've no doubt that people would like to read their opinions and also read a book they wrote about their life experiences and difficulties. After all, when you think of difficulties they face, you understand how minor your own problems are.I do not think badly of these men for giving up on life, but I really do believe they had other choices. They could have been examples of two men who triumphed over two of the largest disadvantages in life. Ultimately, I am sad concerning the inspiration these men might have been to many people all over the world if they had chosen to continue living. After all, I believe among our biggest purposes in life would be to inspire others. As long as you have the ability to think, speak and write, you can certainly do this. It's important for everyone to remember that.


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