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Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.💜

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Mencap’s Director of Strategy and Influence, Jackie O’Sullivan, shares why this conference matters and what needs to happen next.

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1/1 Today at our #HomesNotHospitals conference, families, housing providers, social care leaders, NHS professionals and campaigners have come together to to ask: how do we make sure the right community support is in place?

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Data from NHS Digital 2026 shows that more than 2,000 people with a learning disability and/or autistic people are still locked away in mental health hospitals, with an average stay of almost 5 years.

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An important update from @DrOliverLewis about today’s #SupremeCourt ruling on changes to deprivation of liberty safeguards.

Read Mencap and The National Autistic Society and Mind's joint statement here https://t.co/ybuvriv6tW

#DisabilityRights #LearningDisability

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The Supreme Court has abolished the 'acid test'. Here's a short video explainer. https://t.co/rV334NCIS2

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3/3 We know many people with a learning disability want to work, but face barriers to getting paid jobs. Supported internships, Access to Work, support from the benefit system, inclusive employers and reasonable adjustments can all play a vital role in changing that.

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1/3 Young people with a learning disability deserve the same opportunities as everyone else. @jon_sparkes OBE spoke to Pip Tomson on @LBC News about Alan Milburn's latest report on the shocking number of young people classed as NEET https://t.co/v9wGQHgKHC

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2/3 Almost 1 million young people in the UK are NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) , and young disabled people are far more likely to be in this position. 29.6% of young disabled people are NEET, compared to 8.7% of young people who are not disabled.

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For a multitude of factors, Disabled people more likely to experience food poverty.

🗣️We want to hear your experiences to best inform our work fighting this

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#LearningDisability #WordsMatter (3/3)

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Recently, Euphoria used the ‘R’ word. It’s deeply traumatising, it strip’s away a person’s humanity and can feel like a physical attack. (1/3)

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Words matter. When media uses this language, it becomes normalised and that’s not OK.

Call it out. Challenge it. Help make language more inclusive. (2/3)

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@stillawake Thank you for sharing this. We share your concern on the matter. Our Learning Disability Helpline advisers will help with any questions. 

Please get in touch on 0808 808 1111 or [email protected] to speak with them. Or fill out our contact form: https://t.co/jXARFar5CZ

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@ArtCapes Best regards,
Mencap Social Media Team

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@ArtCapes As they operate independently to Mencap, we're not able to provide updates on the outcome, but please be assured that your message has been escalated. If you would like to contact Midlands Mencap directly, their details are available here https://t.co/iwCiOJcjhl

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New research from the @RoyalStatSoc and Centre for Public Data, funded by @jrf_uk , highlights the UK’s poverty data gaps. https://t.co/s7mUpp5l2Z

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People with a learning disability are too often overlooked in decisions because the right data simply isn’t there.

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People with a learning disability are too often overlooked in decisions because the right data simply isn’t there.

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Political point scoring at the expense of people with a learning disability is shameful and has no place anywhere in the world.

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We expect more from senior political leaders. The current spat between President Trump and Governor Newsom, with both using slurs about intellectual ability, is unacceptable and deeply insulting to people with a learning disability.

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