ONS figures reveal disability employment gap remains huge for disabled people. 👉Read more

We are thrilled to announce Actor and Mencap supporter, Alexander Dragonetti will be taking on this year's Great North Run. 👉Read more

Some people make noise on the internet for the sake of noise. But @soren_iverson knows how to make it mean something. This is how the Weird Al of tech turned his absurdity into a world-class design agency. Full episode on YouTube.

📣 The LeDeR report is delayed and we urge the government to treat this with urgency it deserves and release the critical report. Watch our full video here: https://t.co/3mOoQyGVvR

📣 Eddie's death was avoidable. It was caused by failures at the Trust to recognise his changed feeding plan, the importance of his feeding plan, the fact that getting it wrong could kill him, and the failure to read his notes and communicate. Read more:

2/2 Too many people with a learning disability and/or autistic people are locked away and being restrained in mental health hospitals, 2,030 people are currently locked away.

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1/2 🚨 @ITVNews @PeterAdamSmith re-visits Josh and his family’s story. Watch the video here: https://t.co/XPUinh2mTH @reshrums

We’re Mencap, a charity supporting people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. 💜 We’ve seen some confusion on here lately, if you're looking to find out more about Mencap, come find us on BlueSky

📣 “We're being asked to vote on something...where we don't fully know what the impact will be.” Labour MP Jen Craft @ThurrockJen spoke up on @BBC Politics Live today about the benefits bill. Watch the video here: https://t.co/9QtRTRk0Jz #ProtectPIP

3/3 And end the human rights scandal of people with a learning disability and/or autism being locked away in mental health hospitals because this support is not in place.

2/3 MP Jen Craft @ThurrockJen, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) on Learning Disability, and other MPs called on the Government for a plan to develop sufficient community support [continued]

1/3 📢 On Monday, MPs debated the Mental Health Bill in Parliament. Watch the full video of @ThurrockJen in Parliament here: https://t.co/xg6w7eegZs #MentalHealthBill #HomesNotHospitals

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Bryony from the Voices Council shares why PIP is so important for people with a learning disability 📣 Watch the video here: https://t.co/8I4jcNXXEH #ProtectPIP

She is often admitted to hospital, but once there, a lack of specialist support or equipment means her condition often deteriorates. Read more:

📣People with a learning disability deserve adequate healthcare, just like everyone else. However, they face barriers to quality care that put their lives at risk. @TheDrMagazine highlights Caroline's story. 👇

We want to thank @MsAlisonHume MP for raising with the Prime Minister the need for people with a learning disability to not have PIP reassessments as part of the Benefits reforms 📣 Watch the video and find out more here: https://t.co/MW4ROxxjgP #ProtectPIP

9/ Become a campaigner with Mencap and help us campaign for change: https://t.co/bmrRHdiFLN #HomesNotHospitals #InappropriateDetention

8/ 📢It's time for action. We need urgent investment in social care and suitable housing and to stop locking people away because of a failure to provide the right community support.

7/ "In these settings, people can be subjected to physical restraint and kept in solitary confinement for months on end, leaving people with lasting trauma."

6/ Jackie added: "Thousands of people are still being locked away, often for years on end, many due to a lack of suitable community support, not because they need inpatient mental health treatment."

From game day to everyday, Moody pulls up focused. We handle the rest. 🏀

5/💬Jackie O’Sullivan, Mencap Exec Director of Strategy and Influence: "It’s of great concern that every national target to transform care for people with a learning disability and/or autism to date has been missed and the situation is now starting to go backwards in many areas."