Agreed freda - so far as Cindy and her family is concerned it is irrelevant. And I am highly suspicious of the motives of that Unidentified Posting Object, who has apparenly declined (and ignored) the invitation to communicate by Personal Message.

The whole question of the Australian Government's policy of exempting questions of migration from the overall ban on discrimination against people on the grounds of disability is however relevant, in a wider sense. It would be interesting to know which other countries operate a similar policy in respect of children of their own citizens.

I think that, for the United Kingdom, it would no longer be legal to discriminate in this way, but I am curious about other countries, such as the USA, or other countries in the European Union. And how about New Zealand? Have they fallen into line with their Australian neighbours on this matter?

Like a good number of other Mucatters, I have a srong personal reasons for being concerned about any kind of discrimination against people with disabilities and their families.