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The Mencap Manifesto
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Friendships - research and statistics
Friendships and socialising are important to people with a learning disability.
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Ambitious pan-Europe project launched to keep people with a learning disability safe online
Partner charity Mencap urges people with a learning disability, families and professionals to get involved with the discussion on social media this week.
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Mencap's response to the title of Rosie Jones' upcoming Channel 4 documentary
Mencap's statement on the use of the 'r' word
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Almost 1 in 3 young people with a learning disability spend less than an hour a day outside homes – survey of 18-35 year olds with a learning disability
A new survey of 18-35 year olds with a learning disability has revealed almost 1 in 3 are stuck at home on a Saturday and unable to take part in leisure activities, due to public attitudes to learning disability.
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Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to CQC Mental Health Act Report
Charities are deeply concerned that abusive practices, such as over-restraint, seclusion and over medication, are being allowed to continue in many hospitals
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We’re needed on the frontline more than ever
Demand for the Mencap Learning Disability Helpline is spiralling
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Our media spokespeople
Our media spokespeople are available for interviews
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Mencap receives £500,000 funding from Google.org to deliver accessible online harms training, to help support people with a learning disability online
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Bryony's story
Bryony Moss is an actor, model, and disability advocate, who shares her life through her blog, Defeating Disability.
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First in-depth research on public attitudes towards learning disability for 30 years’ reveals confusion, support yet small group of negative attitudes
Mencap today launches a new awareness campaign, Here I Am, backed up by an initial release of the first in-depth survey of public attitudes towards learning disability for over 30 years run by Mencap and Ipsos MORI, alongside a new campaign video
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