1. "Words can harm and disable even more
"Words can harm and disable even more. The person comes first, not the impairment."

2. Top 5 terms preferred by people with disabilities
Preferred Insensitive
People with disabilities        vs.  The disabled or handicapped
Person with mental disability  vs.   Mentally retarded, slow learner
Person with physical disability    vs.  Cripple, deformed, 
Disability or impairment       vs.     Handicap, deformity or defect
Able-bodies persons      vs.     Normal person

3. Rights of people living with HIV/AIDS

4. Look at an inspirational HIV/Aids activist, Zackie Achmat

5. People with HIV & AIDS are doubly vulnerable
They have their rights violated
They face a life-threating illness

6. Difference between INFECTED & AFFECTED
People living with the disease
People living around them
Difference between INFECTED & AFFECTED

7. People infected by this virus face the same human rights issues as people with disabilities.
They are also excluded from mainstream society and face the same type of discrimination:
The stigma (attitude) towards a group/type of people who have a "status". (a.k.a. they are 'different' and must be treated 'with care' or even shunned.
Another stigma: their condition is their fault because of a risky sexual choice.
The issue of HIV & AIDS

8. Women and children living in poor economic conditions
Why?
Some are badly educated.
Do not have access to information about how to protect themselves.
Often have unequal status in their community and cannot negotiate in their sexual relations
Who is most vulnerable?

9. How are they being cut off?
Don't get access to treatment
Employment, housing and information rights are violated
Infected and affected are ashamed to contact the health and social services
Miss out on education and counselling that is available
NB – In a society where such people are being stigmatized, other people are not likely to seek testing to find out their own status.