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"The human rights model of disability recognizes that disability is a social construct and impairments must not be taken as a legitimate ground for the denial or restriction of human rights."

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UN (CRPD): General Comment No. 6 on Equality and Non-discrimination, para. 9

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General Comment No. 6 on Equality and Non-discrimination

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Distinctions made on the basis of disabilities are to be considered discrimination.