Disgusting. Banning disabled from migrating

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Yep. Even in the developed world, if you have any disabilities, then wave your chances of migrating to a new nation goodbye.
Not entirely speaking, but damn it's hard to find any information on emigrating to a new nation with mental or physical disabilities.
In fact, it is easier to find information on people being refused migration because of disabilities. And don't shoot the messenger here, but even those people with autism too!
Looking into this topic further, I am one of those who would get almost nowhere as I have intellectual and learning disabilities.
There are several articles where it's horrible news for anyone with them:
https://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/01/countries-ban-disabled-people-from-immigrating-001433417.html
In the above article, quoted here:

If you can't support yourself, no other country will want you. Simple as.

Even the Nordic countries are well pissed off with 'disabled' immigrants waltzing in and royally taking the piss. I back this move from these governments. I think it's fundamentally a liberal policy and I'm delighted with it.

Signed, a disabled person.

You are incorrect Tequila. A UK person can't get NZ citizenship just because a relative was born here, as a UK citizen then you have to possess a particular set of skills or a profession that New Zealand currently wants to recruit, and the process is quite stringent to get permission to live here and/or gain residency or citizenship.

Things have changed a lot and although many UK people do seek residency here - which is not citizenship - it has been harder even to get residency in every decade since the UK suddenly ditched New Zealand trade and reciprocal agreements to join the EU, designating their long time allies as "aliens" when we visited the UK after the mid 1970s.

You may think it is unfair, however seen in a wider context, you might understand it differently. I doubt people your age know much about the shabby treatment New Zealand experienced and how harmful it was, given New Zealand's long military support of Britain and open door policy (once) to ordinary Brits who wanted to come here.

The open door days are long over. Betrayals of that magnitude probably take centuries to heal.

If the U.S. did it, it would be ableist.

Banning persons on the status of disability is not that honorable, yes I could give it a more colorful expression, but I don't care to acquire flak at this juncture.

If you believe that disabled people should be given priority in immigration, then are you willing to personally provide for the needs of a disabled immigrant? If yes, then have you also considered that there are plenty of disabled homeless people who are already in your community that you could care for first? If no, then you are being hypocritical.

Why are disabled foreigners more important to you than disabled homeless citizens?