"I’m very excited that Mencap got funding from the Motability Foundation for this exciting new project. The aim is to find out how to ensure public transport can be made better for people with a
learning disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.
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As a
Research
Research is a way of finding out information which could come from books, or asking people what they think.
and Impact Assistant, half of my job now involves working on the Motability project. During the last couple of months, I have worked on designing Mencap’s Big Public Transport survey, which has been designed to find out how adults living with a learning disability in the UK find using public transport."
"I have also been part of designing questions for storytelling interviews that co-researchers will take part in after they have done a video journey. I will also be helping with some of these interviews and the analysis of the survey." - Dan

"We have a research group which works on the Motability project. This involves colleagues with a learning disability living in the UK designing the research.
The Motability project is very important. Our aim is to help ensure that public transport is made better for people with a learning disability."