Entrepreneurship as an employment option for people with disabilities: Adding information to your job development toolkit1 | Zendy

Lisa M. Svidron | Zendy

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Entrepreneurship as an employment option for people with disabilities: Adding information to your job development toolkit1

Author(s) -

Lisa M. Svidron

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of vocational rehabilitation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.45

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1878-6316

pISSN - 1052-2263

DOI - 10.3233/jvr-211138

Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , toolbox , process (computing) , job placement , self employment , psychology , strengths and weaknesses , job creation , business , public relations , marketing , labour economics , political science , computer science , social psychology , economics , pedagogy , vocational education , finance , programming language , operating system

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

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