June 2014

The GB Learning Disability Athletics Team has returned to the UK with four medals from the Inas Open European Championships, which took place in Bergen Op Zoom in the Netherlands last week.
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Kevin was nervous about becoming a dad because he has a learning disability. But now he is now the father of two teenage sons, one who is going to college and the other has a job. “It’s been a really good experience seeing them grow up, I’m…
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Ben lives in Wiltshire and has been supported by Mencap to live independently. In this blog he shares his story of moving into his first home.
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A pilot programme in Reading has given people with a learning disability to take part in canoeing session.
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Roxanne Potts is a youth coordinator at Mencap’s Inspire Me project. Here, she speaks to three of Mencap’s Young Ambassadors about their first time experiences of voting, why it’s important to them, and what needs to happen so that more…
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The quality of care for people with learning disabilities is too variable across England and services should be community-based and person centred, close to family and local contacts, a report has concluded.
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In this blog, David Skinner, 41, talks about his job at Swiss Post Solutions and how after being made redundant from his previous job he rebuilt his confidence and developed his skills.
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England’s health system is failing 97% of adults with severe learning disabilities by denying them access to potentially life-transforming sight tests, eye health organisations have claimed.
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Specialist employment services provider Remploy has launched a campaign that aims to increase the number of people with learning disabilities in paid employment over the next 5 years.
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“For the past five years I have been listening to people with a learning disability tell me stories about love and believe me, there are happy endings.” In this blog, Miguel Tudela de la Fuente talks about the importance of sexual health –…
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