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As noted in David Jackson's E&M text, the equilibrium charge density is
q 1
sigma(R) = ------ * --------------- , for all R<a
2 pi a Sqrt(a^2 - R^2)
where a is the radius of the disk, R is where you are on the disk, and
the thickness of the disk is assumed to be negligible as compared to a.