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Originally Posted by kestrelx
I once went to the Regent's Park Zoo in London back in 1979 and there were about 4 blokes with those padded protection helmets similar to what boxers wear - but these people were obviously out on a day trip from some kind of mental hospital, the padding to stop them hitting the floor with their heads should they fall or have a fit or something. I'm not joking but it's unfortunate that some people are born unable to stop themselves from hurting themselves.
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It's hard to believe in this enlightened age that someone could make so many 'obviously' incorrect assumptions.
Those 'padded helmets' are sometimes worn by some people who suffer from severe tonic clonic epileptic seizures. And although epilepsy is fairly prevalent in people with learning disabilities, that does not mean that either a person with learning disabilities or epilepsy have mental health issues, which is a totally different diagnosis.
And epilepsy, although a debilitating disease does not necessitate a stay in 'some kind of mental hospital'