Trailblazing mother who founded Mencap honoured with blue plaque

Trailblazing mother who founded Mencap honoured with blue plaque

The campaigner has been described by her granddaughter as an ordinary woman who ‘did something extraordinary from her dining room table’. A “trailblazer” mother who founded Mencap is to be honoured with a blue plaque at the house where she set up the learning disability charity. Judy Fryd began her campaigning work at her home in Harpenden in Hertfordshire in the 1940s when her eldest daughter, Felicity, showed signs of developmental delay. By N…

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The founder of Mencap, Judy Fryd, has been honoured with a blue plaque (The Fryd Family/PA) PA Media Judy Fryd, who founded the learning disability charity Mencap from her dining room table in the 1940s, will be honored with a blue plaque at her former home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. The recognition by Historic England celebrates eight decades of pioneering work that transformed lives and changed British laws for people with learning disabilit…