Topic of the week: Discremination

"To discriminate socially is to make a distinction between people on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit. Examples include racial, religious, sexual, sexual orientation, disability, ethnic, height-related, and age-related discrimination. Distinctions between people which are based just on individual merit (such as personal achievement, skill or ability) are generally not considered discriminatory."

"Equal opportunity is a descriptive term for an approach intended to give equal access to an environment or to ensure people are not specifically excluded from participating in society, such as education, employment, health care on the basis of immutable traits. Equal opportunity practices include measures taken by organizations to ensure fairness in the employment process."

"Disablism is discriminatory, oppressive, or abusive behaviour arising from the belief that people with disabilities are inferior to others. Unlike racism or sexism, it is not defined in most dictionaries, but is commonly used by people to describe the discrimination (both intentional and unintentional) that a disabled individual faces.
A key concept in disability rights is that treating everyone as if they are non-disabled is effectively discriminatory in itself - treating everyone as if they can access written material, premises with steps, and so on excludes disabled people"