New Zealand First's Clayton Mitchell said his party would introduce a disability card "with the same measures and same effect as the Super Gold Card to ensure people with disabilities could travel free outside of off-peak hours".
They would also create incentives and encourage businesses to employ people with disabilities by introducing tax packages.
Act's Stuart Pedersen said growing the economy was the best way to provide for the disability sector.
"So anything that gets in the way of growing the economy, we're going to look at very closely, obviously environmental issues aside, and make sure that we can get the wealth which can then go to the health sector, the disability sector and elsewhere."
Act would also be aiming to focus the welfare dollars on people with real, genuine need and Mr Pedersen said "disability is definitely a sector that's underfunded and needs more support".
His party would also work on innovative solutions to assist the disability sector.
Labour's Jan Tinetti said her party believed in policies that would enhance the life of people with disabilities.
Labour's disability policy would be announced this week, she said, but she was able to provide "a sneak preview" of it.
"We believe that employment is a big issue for people in the disability sector and vocational support is the main area that we're working on. But [there is] also a focus on increasing and supporting disabled people in paid work through increasing employer support and education."
Ms Tinetti also talked about Labour having an inclusive education policy and the importance of accessible health services and accessible, lifetime-designed houses.
National Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller apologised for the absence of Tauranga MP Simon Bridges who he said had ministerial jobs today.
Mr Muller outlined the financial support the Government had made for the disability sector, including committing in the last Budget another $52 million over the next 12 months as part of a $252m injection into the disability support services sector.
Mr Muller also talked about two programmes that had been piloted and launched for the disability community.
The first was aimed at employability and worked with the disabled to give them an opportunity to become fully employed.
"I was very strong in my support of employability as a concept and as a programme that will make a meaningful difference because often employers don't have the skills and the understanding or the tools to know exactly what to do to be able to engage with the disabled community to provide those opportunities."
There was also an enabling good lives programme, Mr Muller said, that put the individual at the focus of funding and the choices around what services and support services they should have and how the appropriate wrap around support should look.
The Green Party's Emma-Leigh Hodge was not able to make it to the forum but provided written responses.
There was also a lengthy question and answer session, which covered everything from access to affordable, universally-designed houses for disabled people, to training of bus drivers and those in the public sector to increase understanding of disability.
One man with a disability told the candidates there needed to be more education at an early age to increase general understanding of disabilities.
Paul Curry from the Disabled Persons Assembly, who helped organise the event, said he thought the candidates came across well.
"I think they focused on the questions and they actually came up with pretty good answers."
There were some gaps, however, Mr Curry said.
"There are some areas where we as the disability sector would like to make sure that in the future, our candidates have an understanding of our needs."
