Description

According to the U.N., 650 million people –or 10 percent of the world’s population – live with disabilities, a number that designates people with disabilities as the world’s largest minority. With the 2008 election season ramping up in the United States, this often-ignored constituency deserves to be addressed and heard. To aide in this effort, Disaboom, the largest online community for people living with or touched by disabilities, is encouraging presidential candidates to post their official profile, biography, position statements, record on disability issues, and blogs on its site to promote open political dialog with the diverse community of people living with and affected by disabilities. The site, which also allows visitors to ask questions of the candidates, currently has one participant, Barack Obama; his profile can be found at http://www.disaboom.com/BarackObama/.