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Communicating with people with a learning disability

Communicating with people with a learning disability

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Watch this beautiful video! Young people with a learning disability create their own puppets and rhythms to play different emotions at an Inspire Me workshop. Find out more about Inspire Me:http://ow.ly/z07cP | Mencap

Watch this beautiful video! Young people with a learning disability create their own puppets and rhythms to play different emotions at an Inspire Me workshop. Find out more about Inspire Me:http://ow.ly/z07cP | Mencap

14 viewsJul 10, 2014

How do you help a child with a learning disability feel safe and happy? You can help them shine and live the lives they choose. | Mencap

How do you help a child with a learning disability feel safe and happy? You can help them shine and live the lives they choose. | Mencap

29K viewsMay 10, 2016

Hear my voice: social care

Hear my voice: social care

Join Team Mencap and you can make a real difference to the lives of people with a learning disability! | Mencap

Join Team Mencap and you can make a real difference to the lives of people with a learning disability! | Mencap

42.7K viewsFeb 8, 2021

Mencap Digital Accessibility Officer Harry shares his top tips to make things more accessible for people with a learning disability 📝 Read more with the link in our bio. Video description: Harry looks towards the camera as he shares his top tips about how to be more accessible. | Mencap

Mencap Digital Accessibility Officer Harry shares his top tips to make things more accessible for people with a learning disability 📝 Read more with the link in our bio. Video description: Harry looks towards the camera as he shares his top tips about how to be more accessible. | Mencap

743 views11 months ago

Harry, Digital Accessibility Officer at Mencap, shares what a learning disability means and why the right support matters💜 | Mencap

128K views6 months ago

Why Mencap?

You can help a child like Laura take their first steps to a brighter future. After just a year of Mencap support, Laura is now able to walk independently - in fact, she took her first steps at the Mencap children's centre! This Christmas there are thousands of families like Laura’s across the UK, struggling to cope without the right support for their child’s learning disability. By supporting our Christmas appeal, you’ll give them the gift of hope. Please donate today: https://bit.ly/3mHY51R | M

67K viewsNov 2, 2020

If your child has a learning disability, and you're worried about their future when you're no longer around, then look no further. We're here to help. | Mencap

140.4K viewsMar 9, 2017

Autism - how does Intensive Interaction help people with ASD?

99.6K viewsMar 1, 2017

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Meet Dot. 👋 She is the Chair of Mencap Mon. Their group supports over 300 people with a learning disability. Their committee is made up of carers, but they are more than a committee. They are close friends, who support each other through everything. ❤️ | Mencap

2.9K viewsJun 9, 2020

Work Experience Week provides people with a learning disability their first taste of a work environment and shows employers the benefits of employing a person with a learning disability. Find out how you can get involved: https://www.mencap.org.uk/workexperienceweek | Mencap

21 viewsSep 22, 2015

Help stop inhumane treatment of people with a learning disability and/or autism in modern-day asylums across the UK. Add your voice to fight for change. Sign up now. | Mencap

180.7K viewsMar 3, 2021

Help stop inhumane treatment of people with a learning disability and/or autism in modern-day asylums across the UK. Add your voice to fight for change. Sign up now. | Mencap

99K viewsJan 27, 2021

With a gift in your Will to Mencap, you can support families like Richard’s so that people with a learning disability can live happy and healthy lives for generations to come. ❤️ 💻 Download your free guide to find out more. | Mencap

23.1K viewsApr 29, 2022

Help stop inhumane treatment of people with a learning disability and/or autism in modern-day asylums across the UK. Add your voice to fight for change. Sign up now. | Mencap

71.8K viewsFeb 25, 2021

Watch how to support someone with a learning disability to vote. | Mencap

25 viewsDec 15, 2015

The NHS Consultation as explained by Mencap’s Digital Accessibility Officer, Harry. We’ve launched an Easy Read version of the form so you can share your views and be heard on how healthcare can be improved for people with a learning disability. | Mencap

20.4K viewsJan 13, 2025

💜 Too often, people assume that adults with a learning disability don’t want love or relationships. Daniel knows that isn’t true and he’s proud to say so. “Everyone deserves love.” Daniel shares. As one of our Myth Busters, Daniel is helping challenge outdated assumptions and remind the world that people with a learning disability have the same hopes, feelings and dreams as anyone else. Video description: Daniel Wakeford wears a green knit jumper and looks towards the camera as he explains a my

17.1K views3 months ago

Volunteering is for everyone. 👋 Including people with a learning disability. Like our ambassador George Webster. 🙂 It is a fantastic way to show your strengths. Make new friends and have new experiences. Do you love volunteering? Tell us why. 🙂 | Mencap

7.9K viewsJun 4, 2020

Meet Natalie who has been working for Mencap since 2018. 👋 ⁣ ⁣ Natalie is passionate about spreading the word that people with a learning disability can succeed in the workplace and her career so far with Mencap illustrates this.⁣ ⁣ 👉 To find out more about how Mencap supports people with a learning disability into work, visit our website: https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/employment | Mencap

1.3K viewsApr 10, 2023

💼 Mencap Parliamentary and Government Officer, Ismail, knows the difference the right support can make. There are 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK who want to work but face barriers to securing paid jobs. Access to Work funding changes that by providing practical help such as: Communication support at interviews Job coaches and support workers Specialist equipment People with a learning disability deserve fair access to the help they need to thrive at work. #AccessToWork

828 views2 months ago

Rosie, like many people with a learning disability, will face inequality in every area of life, every day. They are ignored, denied education and refused jobs. But you have the power to change her world by leaving a gift to Mencap in your Will. | Mencap

153.4K viewsFeb 1, 2019

This Learning Disability Week, we want to show that many people with a learning disability are fit to work and can do a job well. Meet James. 👋 He is enrolled in our supported internship programme and is doing his work placement at The Shrewsbury Arms pub. James' job coach said: "James has been able to recall regular customer names and their drink preferences. In particular there is a man who comes in daily and on one shift, by the time he had entered the door and got to the bar, James already

2.5K viewsJun 21, 2023

Annette has helped to answer the over 8,000 calls made to our helpline in England over the last 12 months. In a world where accessible information is often unavailable, this service is invaluable. Leave a gift in your Will to Mencap so we can answer every essential call, now and in the future. Download your guide to gifts in Wills today. | Mencap

3.3K viewsNov 29, 2024

How much do you know about learning disability? ❓ As part of our 75th anniversary, we commissioned some research about what people think a learning disability means. 📝 We want to make the UK the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. 👍 But the results from the survey show us that there is still a way to go. 😧 That’s why we’re encouraging as many people as possible to sign our pledge and stand up for the rights of the 1.5 million people w

3.3K viewsNov 16, 2021

People with a learning disability can and do fall in love, and they have a right to romantic relationships just like anyone else. Mencap Myth Buster Heidi and her husband James are one of many couples navigating life and love, just like #RalphAndKatie! Find out more about Heidi here: https://bit.ly/3gmcQtp 📣 Listen. Ask. Learn. | Mencap

32.7K viewsOct 19, 2022

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