Svidron, L.M. (2021). Entrepreneurship as an employment option for people with disabilities: Adding information to your job development toolkit. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 54 (3), 285-288.

Entrepreneurship as an employment option for people with disabilities: Adding information to your job development toolkit

Svidron, L.M.

2021

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

IOS Press

https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-211138

https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vocational-rehabil...   

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Traditional job development for people with disabilities involves placement of individuals into currently open community-based positions or customized positions in the community.

When an individual expresses the desire to be self-employed and grow their own business, job developers are unaware of the opportunities available to assist in the process. Entrepreneurship or self-employment has been achieved by many notorious businessmen throughout time. These businessmen all have a disability in which they have learned to embrace their strengths and receive assistance for their weaknesses.

Lessons can be learned from the top businessmen to assist job developers in developing self-employment and entrepreneurship for their individuals to build a better job development toolbox.

Autism / ASD
Blindness
Cancer
Cerebral palsy
Chronic mental illness
Cognitive decline / dementia
Cognitive / intellectual impairment
Deafness
Developmental disabilities
Down syndrome
Hearing impairment
Multiple sclerosis
Muscular dystrophy
Spinal cord injury (SCI)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Severe physical disability
Multiple disabilities

Job coach
Self-employment

Self-employment