National Center on Self-Employment, Business Ownership, and Telecommuting

Conference 2024 Archive

Watch the conference's archived presentations on self-employment systems and successes. View empowering strategies to foster self-employment, business ownership, and telecommuting for individuals with disabilities.
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Purpose

The Center's goal is to build the capacity of public agencies and private entities to support people with disabilities in achieving self-employment, business ownership, or telecommuting. Two specific objectives will guide the Center's activities..
1. Increase the supply of trained personnel to agencies.
2. Maintain and improve the skills and knowledge of rehabilitation personnel.
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Policy

Self employment Policies and Procedures

Resources

Articles, Briefs, Guides, and Fact Sheets

Training

Webcasts, Q&A Sessions, and Online Course

Glenneisha painting with a paint brush in her mouth

Spotlight

Glenneisha Dawkins: Learn more about Glenneisha's self-employment journey. Fifteen years ago Glenneisha was a high school basketball star. Her skill and promise had earned her an athletic scholarship to Florida A&M University. She dreamed of playing basketball overseas after graduation. In 2010, her freshman year, driving home from university, a collision catapulted Glenneisha twenty-five feet from her vehicle. She woke up in the hospital unable to use her arms and legs. Adjusting to life as a quadriplegic is a challenge no one expects. Read how Glenneisha met that challenge and discovered her purpose as an artist.!

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