More than half of people with learning disabilities in employment say their first job helped them gain independence, according to Mencap's First Employment survey. The survey of just over a thousand ...

Eight out of ten children with a learning disability are bullied or scared to go out due to fear of being bullied, research out today by Mencap finds. The study, which launches a campaign on the issue ...

Dozens of adults with learning disabilities and autism in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are "locked up" in mental health hospitals, new figures show – as a charity urged the Government to end the ...