Within many countries, the policies of disability and old age have been developing on distinct paths. Even though the prevalence of disability is higher in older populations, older persons tend to be excluded from disability discourses. Taking Finland's disability service legislation reform as an example, this article elaborates on the justifications for excluding or including older persons from disability policies. The paper analyses the public statements given in 2017 to a proposal that introduced an age-related restriction to disability services in order to understand how the restriction is argued for and against, and what kind of conceptualisations of old age and disability the statements portray. This study found that although equality is the most important principle underlying the reform, the conceptualisation of equality varies. Depending on who is included in the disability discourse, the idea of what is fair differs. Hence, it is necessary to recognise the differing understandings of equality in the debate regarding the age-related restriction. In addition, I argue that equality research can be helpful in assessing the fairness of public policies at the intersection of ageing and disability.

在许多国家，残疾和老年政策一直在不同的道路上发展。尽管老年人群中的残疾患病率较高，但老年人往往被排除在残疾讨论之外。本文以芬兰残疾人服务立法改革为例，阐述了将老年人排除或纳入残疾人政策的理由。该论文分析了 2017 年针对一项对残疾服务引入与年龄相关的限制的提案的公开声明，以了解如何支持和反对该限制，以及这些声明描绘了什么样的老年和残疾概念。本研究发现，虽然平等是改革的最重要原则，但平等的概念各不相同。根据残疾话语中包含的人，什么是公平的想法会有所不同。因此，在有关年龄限制的辩论中，有必要承认对平等的不同理解。此外，我认为平等研究有助于评估老龄化和残疾交叉点公共政策的公平性。