ABSTRACT
Take the related value of equality. We are not only of inestimable personal value but also our values are equally inestimable.5 Yet, it is striking how postulate is lost in the context of disability. There are, of course, renderings of the equality idea as Christopher McCrudden so masterfully depicts in the Foreword to this volume.6 At its most basic, it insists that public benefits and burdens fall equally and fairly on those who are similarly situated. It must, perforce, take account of those who are differently situated and make appropriate adjustments to make the promise of equality real and not illusory.
