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Mencap responds to Boxer David Hayes r-word outburst
At a press conference boxer David Haye used discriminatory and hateful language, describing rival Tony Bellow’s fans using the r-word during an angry outburst.
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Diversity at the Oscars: Disabled actors and organisations publish letter calling for more opportunities for actors with a learning disability
Just 12% of the public say they had seen someone with a learning disability in a film in the past year
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OkCupid finally removes discriminatory question after emotional video of people with a learning disability reacting to it
Dating site OkCupid refused to remove the question: ‘Would the world be a better place if people with low IQs were not allowed to reproduce?’ for almost a year
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One in three parents of a child with a learning disability is in a distressed relationship
Charities Relate, Relationships Scotland and Mencap call for increased support for families
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Mencap respond to Work and Pensions Committee Report on disability employment gap
Mencap is calling for cuts to Employment and Support Allowance to be immediately in light of Work and Pensions Committee Report stating concerns over Government evidence for the cut.
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75 organisations sign open letter calling for urgent Government action on social care funding crisis - Mencap statement
Mencap is supporting an open letter signed by 75 organisations from across the health and social care sector calling for the Government to urgently begin a cross-party process to find a long-term solution to the current crisis in funding
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Mencap responds to Government plans to allow councils to increase social care precept by 3%
Today (Thursday 15 December), the Government has announced how it plans to try and solve the social care funding crisis which is currently facing millions of older and disabled people.
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Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to CQC Review into investigations of deaths of patients in NHS services
Today the Care Quality Commission published their report on their review of how NHS trusts identify, report and investigate the deaths of people using NHS services in England.
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Mencap marks 70 years with the launch of new online community providing peer-to-peer support for parents of children with a learning disability
Survey reveals parents of children with a learning disability are most useful group to provide emotional support to parents
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Almost two-thirds of parents miss social engagements due to fear of public reactions to their disabled child – New Mencap survey of 1000 parents
Survey of over 1000 parents of children with a learning disability highlights how concern about public attitudes towards learning disability leave parents feeling isolated and unwelcome in public
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Almost two-thirds of parents miss social engagements due to fear of public reactions to their disabled child – New Mencap survey of 1000 parents
Almost two-thirds of parents miss social engagements due to fear of public reactions to their disabled child – New Mencap survey of 1000 parents
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Mencap response to Autumn Statement 2016
Mencap highlights an Autumn Statement that fails to mitigate any of the damaging effects of the £30 a week cut to Employment and Support Allowance and failure to explain how the Government intends to halve the disability employment gap
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