Freedom to move (Article 18)

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Disabled people have the right to:

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• Move freely and choose their residence as everyone else

• Be a citizen of a country and change their nationality

• Have papers of their nationality and identification like passports that other people have

• Leave any country including their own

• Not to be stopped to enter their own country because of their disability

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Disabled children will have the right to a name from birth, to be a citizen and if possible, the right to know and be cared for by their parents.

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Article 18 (Liberty of movement and nationality) https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/article-18-liberty-of-movement-and-nationality.html