Mencap is amazed to hear that a child 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.
was asked to leave a cinema because she laughed too loudly during the showing of a comedy.
We have tried to contact Cineworld, who we know have special arrangements for carers to go free and
autism
Autism is a disability. Autistic people find it difficult to understand what other people think and feel. They also find it difficult to tell people what they think and feel. Everyone with autism is different.
screenings, to see what went so badly wrong.
No one should be discriminated against because they are different.
Actress Jodie Whittaker, who appears in the hit ITV drama Broadchurch and whose nephew is in Emmerdale, expressed her disappointment:
I really feel for Ema and her daughter. I'm an ambassador for Mencap because my little nephew has Down's Syndrome. I'd hate to think that he, or indeed any child, would be denied the joy of going to the cinema because of their learning disability.
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About Mencap
There are 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK. Mencap works to support people with a learning disability and their families and carers by fighting to change laws and improve services and access to
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.
,
employment
Employment means having a job.
and
leisure
Leisure is when you have time to do things you enjoy like playing sports or going to the pub.
facilities. Mencap supports thousands of people with a learning disability to live their lives the way they want.
Visit www.mencap.org.uk.