LEARNING DISABILITY WEEK 2024
Nearly half of UK’s population doesn’t know what a learning disability is, study finds: ‘Growing up there was nobody in the media like me’
Around 33 million Brits are unable to correctly classify what a learning disability is, new research from Mencap has found. That is nearly half the population.
This week is Learning Disability Week, which is all about celebrating people with learning disabilities and challenging the barriers they face. It runs from Monday (17 June) until Sunday (23 June) and this year’s theme is ‘Do you see me?’ – which means making sure people with a learning disability are seen, valued and heard.
It’s why Big Issue has partnered with people with learning disabilities and learning disability charity Mencap to create a magazine which celebrates their achievements and busts myths and stigma.
Mencap’s research also found that a little more than a quarter of people (27%) said they had been or would feel nervous speaking to someone with a learning disability for the first time. And
