Recently there was an article about two 45-year-old Belgian deaf twins who found out that 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 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 who are depressed should be permitted to end their lives. Psychiatrists can 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 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 both of these men?I find it hard to believe that challenging medical advances on the market, they couldn't think of a treatment for help their deafness or prevent them from going blind.I recently saw a movie about cochlear implants. These devices have allowed children who have been born deaf to hear and be area 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 know very well what they're hearing so that they still rely on lip-reading. Because children's brains are still developing, they are more likely to learn to understand and communicate such as 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. After all, the deaf world is filled with people who can easily see. Likewise, the blind community is full of people who can hear. Somebody who is both deaf and blind could have one foot straddling both communities. Yet they would not really be a full person in 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 judge these men on the decision? After all, I'm speaking from a position of privilege. I could see, although not together with I used to manage to. I could hear, albeit with some hearing loss.What kind of life would someone deaf and blind live? What would a day in their life be like? When I think about all the things I do every day that a deaf and blind person wouldn't normally 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 on a daily basis if I were in their shoes. These men would not be able to work. They could not be self-sufficient and may possibly be institutionalized or at the very least require a helper with them all or more often than not. Their only chance of having any activity in 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 if you can read and write, you can find ways of residing in touch with other people. I have no doubt that people would want to read their opinions and even read a book that 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 these men for giving up on life, but I do believe that 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 globe if they had chosen to continue living. After all, I believe one of our biggest purposes in life would be to inspire others. As long as you have the ability to think, speak and write, you are able to do this. https://gto5767.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=1783225 It's important for everybody to remember that.


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