Mencap has exposed widespread public ignorance about what constitutes a learning disability in a survey published today as part of the launch of a new identity for the charity. The poll of over 1,600 ...

Eight out of ten children with a learning disability are bullied or scared to go out due to fear of being bullied, research out today by Mencap finds. The study, which launches a campaign on the issue ...

Organise a Mencap One Big Walk this September and help raise funds for the 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK. Whether you walk alone or with friends, family or colleagues, the ...

LONDON -- Learning disability campaigners are calling on dating app OkCupid to apologise and remove an “offensive and discriminatory” question from its site. Users who signed up for OkCupid were asked ...

The learning disability support charity Mencap has revealed that it’s been flooded with donations since the most recent ...

Back in 1958, the groundbreaking ‘Brooklands Experiment’, conducted by New Zealand psychologist Professor Jack Tizard in Reigate, UK, compared the progress of children with a learning disability ...

Telecoms giant Vodafone has teamed up with learning disability charity Mencap to connect over 45 supported living homes using Internet of Things technology. The Connected Living project will use ...

Aaron Plummer, 20, from Walthamstow in London has a learning disability and cerebral palsy. Starting at Leyton Jubilee Park, Aaron will be running a marathon route in his local area with his support ...

David Lodge lay by his dead father’s side for days before they were found. The 40-year-old with multiple physical and learning disabilities had no way of raising the alarm to let people know he ...