This free course, Bedfordshire Mencap, enables you to hear some of the founding members of the Bedfordshire Mencap organisation talk about how the organisation was established and the wide range of support services it offers. The work that individuals exerted to promote change is a source of pressure towards the ideal that parents should be supported in their task of bringing up children with learning difficulties.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• understand that individuals can promote change
• give examples of how the establishment of Bedfordshire Mencap has offered support to parents of children with learning difficulties.