Finding Another Apartment

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Is it hard for disabled people to get an apartment?

Depends on the disability (and budget, location, what you want from an apartment etc.)

If you need a wheelchair, finding an apartment is obviously harder since you need enough space to move around and the building needs to have an elevator if the apartment's not in the ground floor. Some other items meant to help physically disabled people move around need space, too.

If it's not a physical one, at least not one where you need items to help with everyday life, then it should be a little easier. If we're talking about a place to rent and not buying one, a big question is how much your budget is and from what. For example, most landlords prefer people who have fulltime jobs instead of those who work part time or rely on benefits. If you work fulltime, great, but if not, your options already go down at that point. Also if your budget is very low, it affects the quality and size of what you can rent. And of course, if there are certain services that absolutely must be close to where you live then it also narrows down where you can find an apartment from.

And of course, if your disability is a visible one, you might not get a certain apartment if the landlord is the type to discriminate.