Access to Work (AtW) is a vital tool to support people with a learning disability into work, including via supported internships. These sorts of changes will lead to more people with a learning disability stuck at home instead of working. Nobody wants that.
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Access to Work (AtW) is a vital tool to support people with a learning disability into work, including via supported internships. These sorts of changes will lead to more people with a learning disability stuck at home instead of working. Nobody wants that.
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Access to Work is a lifeline to disabled people, helping them to find and stay in meaningful work.
Changes to this vital scheme will risk damaging disabled people's future opportunities & driving up unemployment as a result.
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1/4 💜 Our #ImIn campaign is raising awareness of the learning disability register and encouraging everyone with a learning disability to join.
#LearningDisabilityRegister
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A purple and green graphic with white text on it that says 'Access to Free Annual Health Checks. People aged 14 and over on the Learning Disability register are entitled to a free annual health check with their GP. These checks are vital for spotting potential health problems early, which might otherwise be missed as people with a learning disability may struggle to express pain or symptoms.'
A purple and green graphic with a photo of a person with a learning disability smiling towards the camera, as a doctor listens to their heart'. The white text on it that says 'Reasonable Adjustments to Healthcare Services. GP practices and other healthcare providers are required to make "reasonable adjustments" to ensure accessible care. This can include offering longer appointment times, quieter waiting areas, information in Easy Read formats, or the option to have a carer or support worker present during consultations.'
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💜 We’re saying I’m In, are you?
👉 Swipe through to see the 3 big benefits of joining the Learning Disability Register.
#ImIn #LearningDisabilityRegister
3/4 Her studio manager, Charlotte Hollinshead, shared with @theguardian.com : “Nnena has faced an incredible amount of discrimination, which has continued to this day, so hopefully this award helps to smash the prejudice away.”
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1/4 🎨Huge congratulations to Nnena Kalu on becoming the first artist with a learning disability to win the Turner Prize. Her colourful and expressive sculptures are helping break down barriers, showing that people with a learning disability can achieve anything.
4/4 Alex Farquharson, chair of the jury and director of Tate Britain, described her win as a watershed moment for the international art world, highlighting how it begins to dissolve boundaries.
Read more in The Guardian here: brnw.ch/21wYeYg
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It’s quick, easy, and could change lives. Join today at shorturl.at/uXOv3
Thanks to funding from Omaze UK, we’re working to increase the number of people on the Learning Disability Register so they can access annual health checks and tailored healthcare.
So important that those health checks happen and the data on GP Learning Disability Registers is used in health systems throughout the country to plan care to reduce health inequalities and people dying unnecessarily early.
Huge thanks to the Secretary of State for sending a joint letter with someone with a learning disability on such an important topic.
The letter stresses the importance of people with a learning disability being on their GP's #LearningDisabilityRegister and getting #AnnualHealthChecks to reduce the health inequality experienced by people with a learning disability who die 19.5 years younger than the general population.
Joint letter from Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, and Ismail Kaji, Mencap’s Parliamentary and Government Engagement Officer (who himself has a learning disability) to everyone who works in a GP surgery.
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Wasn't #Ellie wonderful in #Strictly. First contestant with a #LearningDisability
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1/5 🚨 People with a learning disability are dying on average 20 years younger than those without. Almost 4 in 10 of these deaths are avoidable, caused by barriers to healthcare and lack of access to public health and prevention programmes.
#LeDeR #LearningDisability
Our 2024/25 Annual Report is available to read on our website.
Find out how Mencap has made progress over the last financial year and learn more about how we’ve used our funds to support people with a learning disability.
👉An Easy Read version is also available here brnw.ch/21wVstA
Some minor improvements in this year's LeDeR report, but wholly unacceptable health inequality persists. There is no justification for people with a learning disability to be 3 times more likely to die from treatable conditions.
Acknowledged in the NHS 10 year plan, but we need to act with urgency.
Before recess, I joined @dcpcampaign.bsky.social & @letuslearntoo.bsky.social in Parliament for the launch of their #FightForOrdinary campaign.
I heard directly from families how our broken SEND system is failing their children. Any reform must put their voices at the centre. 👇
@janeharrislondon.bsky.social talked to @lbc.co.uk this morning about @dcpcampaign.bsky.social’s #FightForOrdinary campaign, highlighting what’s needed in any SEND reforms to ensure children and their families don’t have to fight for ordinary things that everyone should expect.
Listen now📻👇
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Share if you agree. It’s time to fix the SEND system. #FightForOrdinary #ReformSEND
bit.ly/FFOAction
Such devastating news about the earthquake in Afghanistan. Relief and shelter needed urgently from @ukforunhcr.bsky.social, @unhcr.org
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Parents like Etta want a #SEND system that works.
There’s nothing ‘special’ about a SEND system that doesn’t feel like a battle to navigate.
#FightForOrdinary bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
Concerned about the review of #SEND? Invite your MP to the @dcpcampaign.bsky.social and @letuslearntoo.bsky.social event
#FightForOrdinary is about legally-guaranteed support for children with additional needs. That really should not be too much to ask for
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Tune in to LBC this morning! 📻
Our CEO, Jane Harris, speaks for Disabled Children's Partnership about a shocking report claiming neurodivergence is overdiagnosed — and suggesting EHCPs be limited to special schools. 😠
Removing plans won’t remove children’s needs.
#FightForOrdinary?
Important research from @mencap.org.uk on the experience people with a learning disability have of public transport lays bare one of the major barriers people with a learning disability face to inclusion, and sets out what we can do about it.
www.mencap.org.uk/learning-dis...
#NoJourneyLeftBehind
Fuel poverty gap doubles in five years with energy prices still rising. People with a #learningdisability simply must be protected from ever increasing energy costs, or they face being pushed into fuel poverty, unable to stay safe, warm and healthy.
metro.co.uk/2025/08/27/d...
Great to see @toddles23.bsky.social appointed to Chair the Independent Disability Advisory Panel. A strong appointment and a good sign that the government intends to listen properly to the voices of disabled people.
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/zara-to...
#BeTheYes
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