What does MENCAP stand for?

Mental Handicap

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The couple are full-time carers of Susan's sister Joanne who has a mental handicap and they say the money really helps.

Lotto celebrations; Big winners happy to help mark 15 years of ...

In the Netherlands there are cases of ending life of patients with a mental handicap and with dementia.

Euthanasia 'blurs law on killing' SUICIDE

It often causes paralysis of the lower limbs, and sometimes mental handicap.

Support group to raise awareness about spina bifida

It used to be called mental handicap but most people with a learning disability find the term offensive.

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Even though we use sports as our vehicle, what we are really trying to do is eliminate the stigma and stereotypes associated with individuals with mental handicaps," said Jan Maseda, area director for the Tri-Valley Special Olympics.

FRENCH WOMAN SEEKS OWNER OF WWII BRACELET

In a Canadian survey of 41 healthy children and 108 teens with chronic conditions, most respondents held several misconceptions about epilepsy, compared with other chronic conditions, including the notion that epilepsy causes a mental handicap, leads to self-injury and death, and that epilepsy causes injury to others during a seizure (J.

Teens with epilepsy face more social hurdles

LOCAL band Duran Duran played to a screaming home crowd in July 1983 at Villa Park to raise money for mental handicap charity Mencap.

Remember When? July 1983

He voted in favour of three amendments allowing abortion up to birth on various grounds, including mental handicap.

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