Disabled EntrepreneursSelf-employment pushed as option for the disabled
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The nonemployment rate of adults with severe disabilities isaround 70 percent, according to the Presidential Task Force onEmployment of Adults with Disabilities. Now there is a growingmovement to prepare these Americans for self-employment. Severalnew resources available include:
Alice Weiss Doyel's book,No More Job Interviews! Self-EmploymentStrategies for People With Disabilities(Training ResourceNetwork Inc.), gives potential entrepreneurs a one-stop resource.In addition to case studies of business owners with disabilities,the book provides resources, debunks the myths about the businesscapabilities of the disabled, and offers information on availableconsulting services.
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