my opinion may be controversial but here goes anyway...
i think it depends on the disability.
if, for example bipolar, like you say you are Ken, it is a ( sometimes) 'invisible ' disability, then maybe you shouldn't say it right away, and give the person a chance to realise, that yes, you are a 'normal' person, who happens to have a disability, but they can see that it doesn't rule your life. People are people, and even the seemingly nicest person, may be scared by the thought that someone they are interested in is not exactly the 'same' as them.
More visible 'disabilities' eg wheelchair bound, are harder to hide, so maybe if you are not meeting face t face for the first time, you may not mention it straight off the bat.
while too many people will write off someone with a disability, without getting to knw them, maybe if they had the chance to know them first, they would realise just what a great person they are.
having read this, it made me realise that i , too, have a disability, just never thought of it as that, as noone would know, unless they knew me really well, probably because i am so lucky that it desn';t affect my daily life.
one thing to remember too, is that very many people with a disability, have had to put up with a lot of grief in their lives, and it has made them into much more caring compassionate people than your regular Joe. makes it all the more unfair that they have a hard time finding love.
In a long rambling answer to your ?, yes I would date someone with a disability
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