Here are 3 non-partisan political resources which specifically consider the candidates records and views regarding disability specific issues.

AAPD and Allsup Unite
AAPD's comprehensive website for disability-related news and information is continually updated to provide an excellent resource for the national disability community, policy makers, news media, diversity professionals, and researchers. AAPD's website attracts as many as 190,000 unique page visits per month.

AAPD's mission is to organize the disability community to be a powerful force for change—socially politically and economically. Toward that end, AAPD is dedicated to educating policymakers, businesses and the general public about disability issues, providing membership benefits, cultivating emerging leaders, promoting mentoring and career exploration, and conducting non-partisan voter registration and voter mobilization campaigns. AAPD helps to unite the diverse community of people with disabilities, including their family, friends and supporters, and to be a national voice for change in implementing the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living and economic self-sufficiency.

Allsup offers services that support the financial well-being and health of individuals with disabilities, including assistance with Social Security disability and Medicare benefits programs. Allsup's experts have helped more than 100,000 people with disabilities nationwide obtain $1.5 billion in Social Security and Medicare payments. Allsup pre-qualifies individuals to ensure eligibility, develops an accurate factual record, and helps shepherd applicants through the disability decision process, leaving the Social Security Administration to focus on issuing disability decisions and clearing back-logged claims.

Activate the Power of the Disability Vote
Most information on both the McCain-Palin and Obama-Biden campaigns can be found online, as well as official statements and media coverage. "Activate the Power of the Disability Vote" is a nationwide educational effort and non-partisan project aimed to encourage people with disabilities to learn more about both presidential candidates and to make their voices heard by getting out to vote. In addition, AAPD and Allsup join together to advocate for the elimination of barriers that prevent people from voting, continuous improvement in conditions for fully accessible voting and efforts to ensure voting machines are accurate and secure.

In the 2004 elections, the AAPD's Disability Vote Project program saw a 19 percent increase in the voting turnout of people with disabilities nationwide. This year, the Disability Vote Project and Allsup have set a goal to increase the registration rate of voters with disabilities and encourage an even stronger voter turnout. AAPD and Allsup recently sent joint open letters to both presidential candidates urging them to raise this issue and put on the record what they plan to do to address this enormous challenge.

For more information about AAPD, visit their website at www.aapd.com.
For more information about Allsup, log on to www.allsup.com.

NCIL
NCIL is a membership organization that works to advance independent living and the rights of people with disabilities through consumer-driven advocacy. NCIL envisions a world in which people with disabilities are valued equally and participate fully. Find your Center for Independent Living or Statewide Independent Living Council at: www.ncil.org/directory.html

The National Forum on Disability Issues, co-sponsored by NCIL, was held on July 26, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio to commemorate the 18th anniversary of our civil rights law, the Americans with Disabilities Act. The forum featured time slots for the presidential candidates to individually present their visions for the future of disability policy in America followed by questions by Moderator Judy Woodruff, news anchor and journalist ("The News Hour with Jim Lehrer").  Senators McCain and Tom Harkin, representing Senator Obama were present for the forum and you can watch it in its entirety here!

Last year, in an effort to inform NCIL members of the candidates’ policy priorities and concerns, ADAPT, AAPD, NCIL, and SABE created questions that address the issues most important to NCIL members. Candidates were asked to respond to these questions with the intention of sharing candidates’ answers not only to NCIL members but also beyond the membership bases by posting the responses on the various websites and circulating them over national email listservs.

Interestingly, NCIL thanks Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Edwards, Chris Dodd, and Bill Richardson for their responses. Unfortunately, no responses were received from any Republican candidates. Read Obama's response here.

NCDR
The ADA Watch from National Coalition for Disability Rights (NCDR) has launched a drive to promote the National Agenda for Disability Rights - a declaration of values and goals to advance equity and opportunity for people with disabilities. This document, which is being vetted in the disability community at the national, state, and local levels, seeks to build unity and broadly focuses on civil rights, housing, government services, transportation, education, healthcare, assistive technology and more.

The National Agenda has been distributed to the presidential campaigns and NCDR encourages distribution to State and local candidates to build support for these policy priorities.
 
To view the National Agenda, please click here.