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Originally Posted by GrantMercury
I once worked with adults with mental retardation. One woman was a food addict (in addition to being retarded). She was like 375 lbs. The best efforts were made to limit her food portions, but she would hide snacks - on her person. Never knew what you'd find - Oreos under her tits. Chicken nuggets in her twat. Candy in her ass crack. Horrible.
Don't know why she just popped into my head after all these years.
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Originally Posted by GrantMercury
I assure you she was real. People who have worked in the field wouldn't doubt it for a second.
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Never worked in the field, but out of HS, I layed tile. Once project had us redoing the flooring in a dozen group homes that housed special needs teens. One was an obese boy, who literally didnt know when to stop eating. They had everything locked down, and had constantly searched his room, the entire house and his body for foods he had hidden.
Another was a kid required to wear a bicycle helmet all the time, since he liked to bang his head into the wall intentionally and very often. They literally had a leash / harness on him when going on/off the transport bus.
Third scene I clearly recall, was a boy and girl sitting in the family room masturbating each other in front of others. Completely unaware of their surroundings, they only knew it felt good.
I watched the caregivers line these kids up 2-3 times daily to give them their meds. Some were on a dozen different pills. While I am fascinated by watching people and their social behaviors, I was freaked out by everything I witnessed. I thanked God for not being fucked up like them, and counted the days that the job would be finished, and I would never have to witness what I did again.