[kestrelx]

Originally Posted by Guinness

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'

Thanks for the info - but these guys looked like they had more than epilepsy that is one thing that stuck in my mind.