A review had found that 39% of deaths with a known cause had been avoidable. The figure has now been revised to 40%.

This is a celebration of Mencap's 60th birthday, writes Julian Budden. It shows how Mencap has evolved to meet the challenges faced by people with learning difficulties, their carers and families in ...

An NHS and government-backed review misrecorded causes of death for hundreds of learning disabled people, leading to ...

Mencap has called for the ban on athletes with a learning disability from competing at the Paralympics to be lifted ahead of the start of this year's games in Beijing next week. People with learning ...

Is it autism, a learning disability, or both? If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning ...