Spider-Man & the Iowa League of Heroes Create Spidey-Themed Seizure Helmet for 5-Year-Old Boy

I was reading this evening about a 5-year-old boy from Des Moines who is diagnosed with Doose Syndrome, which is a rare form of epilepsy. One article about him reports that he has drop seizures up to 50 times daily. The boy got hooked up last year with Spider-Man, a cosplayer with the Iowa League of Heroes. Spidey visited the boy at the hospital and eventually began visting him several time monthly at his home.

More recently, the child has been struggling the the physical fall-out from frequent drop seizures: severe facial injuries from falling on the floor. The boy wears a seizure helmet, but it wasn't doing enough to protect his entire face from the falls.

Spider-Man and the other Iowa League of Heroes connected with a local artist and designed a Spidey-themed seizure helmets, which makes it much more motivating for the child to wear.


Apparently, insurance doesn't cover the cost of the helmet -- which actually doesn't surprise me. Fortunately, the Iowa League of Heroes fund-raised to pay for the helmet.