The charter seeks to eliminate discrimination in all its forms....as copied below:

Eliminate discrimination in all its forms, such as that based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, language, and national, ethnic or social origin.

I think it is important to include disability.... people with disabilities are discriminated against all around the world and should be listed in the charter as those who definitely need protection. Please consider.

Marym

marynura@comcast.net

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my blog address is http://giftsofself.blogspot.com

In section III: 12, the charter lists forms of discrimination, individually. Really disability needs to be included. People with disabilities have a lot to offer, yet they cannot participate in society if they cannot get in. There are still many places that they cannot get to simply because no one has thought to make them accessible. In some countries they are locked away and not able to fulfill their full potential.

If my daughter had been born in a different country, at a different time, doctors would have decided not to treat her when she was born, because they used to think that her disability disqualified her from experiencing a high quality of life.

She is now 21 years old, she is in college on a music scholarship because she is an excellent violin player. Even though she lives in America where discrimination against people with disabilities is illegal, she still encounters discrimination every day.

Please, include the word disability in the list in the charter.

Eliminate discrimination in all its forms, such as that based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, disability, religion, language, and national, ethnic or social origin.