People can be blind and deaf from birth and still live fulfilling lives. They need more support, for sure, and not getting that support can be devastating. But I think if you give a disabled person a choice between adequate help or euthanasia, most would pick help.
Warner Herzog made a really interesting documentary about deaf-blind people back in the '70s, called Land of Silence and Darkness. Some of it is heartbreaking, for sure, but most of it is pretty uplifting.
That’s a bit of a misdirection there. No one was saying being deaf and blind is not possible to lead a fulfilling life.
They were saying in this particular case, being deaf and blind in conjunction to a lot of other very serious shit means they will never lead a fulfilling life. They are developmentally equivalent to a 10 month old baby at the age of 4. Who knows how much more development he will see, or if he will ever be able to walk.
People can be blind and deaf from birth and still live fulfilling lives. They need more support, for sure, and not getting that support can be devastating. But I think if you give a disabled person a choice between adequate help or euthanasia, most would pick help.
Warner Herzog made a really interesting documentary about deaf-blind people back in the '70s, called Land of Silence and Darkness. Some of it is heartbreaking, for sure, but most of it is pretty uplifting.
Deaf blind deformed and mentally 10 months old 4 years in. If they live to 20 while being mentally 10 months old would that be a life?
That’s a bit of a misdirection there. No one was saying being deaf and blind is not possible to lead a fulfilling life.
They were saying in this particular case, being deaf and blind in conjunction to a lot of other very serious shit means they will never lead a fulfilling life. They are developmentally equivalent to a 10 month old baby at the age of 4. Who knows how much more development he will see, or if he will ever be able to walk.
It’s not just hearing and seeing.