[Disabilityscoop.com] New Group To Raise Cash For Disability-Friendly Candidates

A group of politically connected disability advocates is forming what’s believed to be a first-of-its-kind organization to bankroll political candidates who support disability issues.

The Disability Power & Pride Political Action Committee, or PAC, will host its first fund-raiser on Monday after forming little more than a week ago. Already, however, organizers say they’re garnering broad support. Backers include American Association of People with Disabilities head Andrew Imparato, National Council on Disability chair Jonathan Young and former Congressman Tony Coelho who helped push the Americans with Disabilities Act through Congress.

“People in the disability community are incredibly interested,” says Stephen Bennett, who serves as the PAC’s chairman outside of his day job as head of United Cerebral Palsy. “The disability rights movement has always been a second class citizen, but I think people are waking up.”…