Disability at the debates

Posted on February 25, 2016

Question: How many times in the 15 debates for president have moderators specifically asked candidates about issues concerning disability?

a. 1 b. 5 c. 7 d. 11

If you answered b or c, thinking five or seven times sounds about right and should seem reasonable to the one-in-five people watching the debates who have a disability (and the more than 50 million Americans who live with a disability), you’re mistaken. The answer is “a” – one time. In September,