The 'Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults' is a British charity better known by what acronym?
Mencap of Parents of Backwards Children, the organisation changed its name to The National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children in 1955, becoming The Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults following patronage from Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Elizabeth II in 1981. Fryd had written to "Nursery World" magazine inviting other parents to contact her. Many wrote back expressing their anger and sorrow at the lack of services for their children. Since 1969 the Society has been commonly known by the abbreviation "Mencap" (presumably from "Mentally Handicapped") and, in 2002, its full legal name was shortened to the Royal
National Institute of Mentally Handicapped 35,000 parents since its inception by organising group parent training programs based on child characteristics and parent demographic features. In 2011, Lady Gaga visited the organization and discussed ideas to support disabled children. National Institute of Mentally Handicapped National Institute of Mentally Handicapped is an autonomous organization functioning under the aegis of Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with the primary objective of empowering mentally handicapped people. NIEPID- "National Institute for the Empowerment of Person with Intellectual Disability" is formerly known as NIMH. Based in Secunderabad in Hyderabad, the organization was registered in 1984 and began offering its services