Employing people with learning disabilities
Mencap’s 2022 Big Learning Disability Survey found that only 26.7% of working age adults with a learning disability are currently in paid work. That same year Mencap commissioned the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI) to conduct some further research into employment of people with a learning disability which found that:
Fact sheets for employers
We have put together a series of fact sheets which you can download. These cover questions and topics in relation to hiring people with learning disabilities that are often raised by employers.
To find out more about the
research
Research is a way of finding out information which could come from books, or asking people what they think.
conducted by NDTi, or if you have a question about our fact sheets, please contact our
Education
Education is when you learn things. When you fill in a form to get a job, education means you write where you went to school, college or university.
, Skills and Work team.
Find out more about the NDTI research
National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI) research helps better understand what people with a learning disability want when it comes to work, and why so few people with a learning disability are able to access or maintain paid work.
Read the summaries of their research.

Our employment services
No one understands better than us that work is about more than just having a job. Being able to work can give you confidence,
independence
Independence means doing things on your own. Making your own choices.
and the means to realise bigger dreams.
If you have a learning disability or a family member who does, find out more about how we can support people into finding paid work.