One can say there are two types of discrimination. 'Just' and 'unjust'.
An example of just discrimination is stopping a person with a serious cardiac problem from being in command of a fast vehicle carrying other people if they could drop dead at any time and therefore cause injury to others.
An example of unjust discrimination is denying a person an entire career path based on a load of assumptions about what they can and can't see when they can prove repeatedly to their peers that they can perform the task as capably as any other person and further, there is zero evidence of their condition ever causing an accident or incident ever! Other suitable examples of unjust discrimination that come to mind would be racism and sexism.
If someone with a disability can perform all the required tasks as well as someone without the disability they should not be barred from doing it!
Last edited by outofwhack; 12th Sep 2012 at 18:16.