Reports and Surveys on Self-employment for People
with Disabilities
http://lone-eagles.com/successes.htm
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ndependent living for a million adults jeopardized by a shortfall of a few hours of help More than 3 million people in the U.S. need help from another person to live independently and many of them face going hungry, falling or other problems that increase the risk of institutionalization and death, according to a new study by researchers at the Disability Statistics Center at the University of California at San Francisco. More.
Self-Employment Survey Results -
Economics and People with Disabilities
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Why do people with disabilities start their own businesses?
www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/economics-employment/entrepreneurs.htm
Respondents to the survey were members of the Disabled
Businesspersons Association ... what was needed was for "general research
on self-employment and business ...
First National Study of People with Disabilities
Who are Self-Employed
These are just a few of the findings from a study conduced by the
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research's
Research & Training Center on Rural Rehabilitation Services, connected
with the Montana University-affiliated Rural Institute on
Disabilities.
"Research has shown that there are nearly as many people with disabilities who own their own business as who work for Federal, state, and local governments combined," says Rural Institute director Tom Seekins. "When you consider the extraordinary difficulty that people with disabilities have had finding employment, starting one's own business makes good sense."
The study's major findings are online at http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/rtcrural/SelEm/SelEmRePrgRpt.htm .
Figures from the 1990 Census show that self-employment is more prevalent in rural than in urban areas (in 1990, 10.2% of the rural population was self-employed versus 6.0% of the urban population) and that people defined by the Census Bureau as having a "work disability" are self-employed at a higher rate (12.2%) than people without disabilities (7.8%).
The Chartbook on Work Disability
in the United States: Access to Disability Data
http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/workdisability/ reports that:
- Nearly as many people with disabilities report being self-employed as report working for federal, state, and local government combined.
- 14.6% of men with a work disability are self-employed, compared with 9.6% of women with no work disability.
- 9.0% of women with a work disability are self-employed, compared with 5.6% of women with no work disability.
More about entrepreneurs with disabilities is available from the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/ connected with the Montana University Affiliated Rural Institute on Disabilities at
http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/SelEm/RuSelfEm.htm Of particular interest is "The Emerging Workforce of Entrepreneurs with Disabilities: Preliminary Study of Entrepreneurship in Iowa" by Peter David Blanck, Leonard A. Sandler, James L. Schmeling, and Helen A. Schartz. The paper can be downloaded at http://www.its.uiowa.edu/law/publications/2000/Entrepreneurship_in_Iowa.doc Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities.http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/
Developing Innovative Solutions for Rural Americans with Disabilities
Work Support
Innovative Programs and Resources Related to Ebay
Disabled Online Users Association (DOUA)
http://www.doua.org
The Disabled Online Users Association (DOUA) was established as a way to bring technology
to the differently-abled and this is where Ebay comes into the pictureDOUA Launches Program to Jumpstart Disabled eBay Sellers - Article
www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y03/m11/i04/s01eBay Discussion Group - *Disabled Sellers And Buyers Unite
Welcome to ! *Disabled Sellers And Buyers Unite, Join Group.
http://groups.ebay.com/index.jspa?categoryID=521
Registered eBay users only.Self-employment e-group Discussion
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pwd_self-employment/
This Diversity World networking forum promotes the development of more self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Entrepreneurs with disabilities, and individuals or organizations who are interested or have a role in self-employment, can post comments and questions and promote related events, publications, organizations and similar resources.Online Auctions Free Newsletter
http://www.auctionbytes.com/
Programs Similar to Montana Choice
Reaching Independence Through Self-Employment (RISE)
www.selfemploymentforpeoplewithdisabilities.com/
A Maryland project with success stories similar to CAREERSAbilities Fund [ Why We Do What We Do ]
www.abilitiesfund.org/about_us/why_we_do_what_we_do.php
Officially launched on July 26, 2000 (fittingly, the tenth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act), The Abilities Fund was established as the first and only nationwide community developer and financial lending institution targeted exclusively to advancing entrepreneurial self-employment opportunities for Americans with disabilities. Success stories: http://www.abilitiesfund.org/success_stories/success_stories.phpIowa's Entrepreneur's With Disabilities Program
http://www.iowaewd.org/Women with DisAbilities Bridges to Employment Opportunities - DAWN ...
http://dawn.thot.net/self-employment/CBSC.html
An OUTSTANDING Online Small Business Workshop
What is E-business? Types of E-businesses; Success Stories; Tips for Success;
Diagnostics:Are you Ready for E-business? Developed for Canadians.The Prepaid Legal Reseller Support Center!
http://www.pplegal.eventwebsitebuilder.com/page/page/1326361.htm
Online training for visually impaired persons for self-employment selling credit card identity theft protection.
See also http://supportingthevisuallyimpaired.blogspot.com/Inclusion Research Institute
www.inclusionresearch.org
The primary purpose of the Inclusion Research Institute (IRI) is to develop, research, and disseminate educational, therapeutic, and technological innovations that enable persons of all ages, including individuals with disabilities or other disadvantages to be independent, productive and included in schools, communities, and places of employment.E-Discussion on Employment for Disabled Youth
... are a number of self-employment initiatives. ... sufficiently equipped to assist disabled
people in ... Success Stories: · The initiatives of the disability-mentoring ...
www.dgroups.org/.../employmentfordisabledyouth/ index.cfm?cat_id=6464&msgid=135528&op=dsp_showmsgVolunteersOnline.ca - FirSTep - A Year Of Partnership And Support
www.volunteersonline.ca/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=166
... Planning DAWN Ontario: DisAbled Womens Network ... training people in self-employment,
fostering new ... employees, business workshops, Internet service, offering ...
Center for Self Determination
www.self-determination.com
Self determination started the key of SDSC's. The Center for Self Determination provides key training and opportunities to learn and embrace the key principles and tools of self determination.
Disability Mentoring Day
http://www.dmd-aapd.org/
ONLINE NEWLETTERS
Bi-monthly International Webzine on Disabled Issues
www.diversityworld.com
Effective tools and resources
Free Newsletter!
Disability Resource Clearinghouses
Federal Govt Portal
http://DisabilityInfo.gov
Disability Resources Clearinghouse
www.disabilityresources.org
Extensive Resources
The Center for an Accessible Society, Resources on disability for Journalists
www.accessiblesociety.orgDisabled Entrepreneurs Network - US Dept of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/disability/selfemployment.htm
Disability Resources on Small Business and Self Employment from the Department of LaborSmall Business and Self-Employment Service
Provides information, counseling, and referrals about self-employment and small business ownership opportunities for people with disabilities.Self-Employment Profiles
Provides success stories of entrepreneurs with disabilities whose businesses have proven to be profitable.Getting Down to Business: A Blueprint for Creating and Supporting Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
Discusses the current status of small business and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities and offers recommendations for addressing barriers to business ownership.Disabled Entrepreneurs
www.smallbusinessnotes.com/interests/disabled.htmlSBA Online Women's Business Guide Disabled Resources
www.onlinewbc.gov/disabledinfo.htmlYouth Employment Summit: YES Campaign
www.yesweb.org/gkr/project_factsheet.html?pid=941
The program facilitates a one-to-one business-counseling model and strives to provide self-employment for disabled youth in the region. ...
Knowledge.com resources on self-employment
www.knowledge.com/Top/Society/Work/Self-EmploymentEconomics and People with Disabilities
www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/economics-employment/entrepreneurs.htm
Respondents to the survey were members of the Disabled Businesspersons Association ... what was needed was for "general research on self-employment and business ...NASEOH : Programmes
... Placement Placing the disabled in open & self employment is a challenging task. NASEOH has employed disabled as machinists, typists ...
www.indiamap.com/development/naseoh/program.htm -Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.govBold Business Consultants
http://www.eci-us.com/bold-owners/SBA Home Page
www.sba.gov
NATIONAL DISABILITY RESOURCES
One-Stop toolkit serving people with disabilities
http://www.onestoptoolkit.org Welcome to the One-Stop toolkit serving people with disabilities website, a technical assistance product developed by DTI Associates, Inc. on behalf of Work Incentive and Disability Program Navigator Grantees. This website provides accessible and comprehensive tools and information to grantees who provide services that help individuals with disabilities find and keep good jobs. The resources on this website will help grantees widen the array of services available to individuals with disabilities at One-Stop Centers, and integrate those services seamlessly into One-Stop operations. This website is targeted toward state and local One-Stop service providers, but it contains resources that will be useful to a broader audience as well. Individuals with disabilities, advocates, parents, counselors and other professionals should find a rich source of information here. (From http://www.doleta.gov/disability/ ) Govt disability sites http://www.doleta.gov/disability/sites.cfm Non-govt sites http://www.doleta.gov/disability/sites1.cfmTraining and Technical Assistance For Providers
http://www.t-tap.org/
funded by Office of Disability Employment Policy, US Department of LaborVirginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in partnership with the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston, has been awarded a cooperative agreement from The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). This cooperative agreement will provide funds for the implementation of a national technical assistance and training effort designed to increase the capacity of Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs) and other community-based service providers that currently operate programs that result in segregated work outcomes and non-work options for people with disabilities in the "Special Minimum Wage" program established under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 214(c). The desired outcome of this training and technical assistance (T-TAP) effort is to work with providers using section 14(c) certificates to:
(1) evolve their programs to provide integrated employment outcomes (i.e., non section 14(c) employment) in non-stereotypical jobs based on customized employment strategies and individual choice; and
(2) to increase wages of people with disabilities who are currently working at less than minimum wage through the use of customized employment strategies and individual choice.The Institute for Community Inclusion
http://www.communityinclusion.org/
The Institute for Community Inclusion supports the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the community. As practitioners, researchers, and teachers, we form partnerships with individuals, families, and communities. Together we advocate for personal choice, self-determination, and social and economic justice.National Center on Workforce and Disability (NCWD)
http://www.onestops.info/ ICI's new website! NCWD provides training, technical assistance, policy analysis, and information to improve access for all in the workforce development system.National Center on Workforce and Disability for Youth
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/
NCWD/Youth is your source for information about employment and youth with disabilities. Our partners — experts in disability, education, employment, and workforce development — strive to ensure you will be provided with the highest quality, most relevant information available. Success stories at http://www.ncwd-youth.info/success_Stories/index.htmlICI Guide to Online Disability Resources
http://www.communityinclusion.org/icinet/index.html Extensive!Lora Brugnaro
Resource ManagerNational Center on Workforce and Disability/AdultInstitute for Community Inclusion, Univ. of Mass-Boston100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125(888) 886-9898Cori C. Di BiaseTraining Associate100 Morrissey BoulevardBoston, MA 02125-3393TEL: 617.287.4348TTY: 617.287.4350FAX: 617.287.4352cori.dibiase@umb.eduNational Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education
http://www.washington.edu/accessit/index.php
AccessIT promotes the use of electronic and information technology (E&IT) for students and employees with disabilities in educational institutions at all academic levels. This Web site features the AccessIT Knowledge Base, a searchable, growing database of questions and answers regarding accessible E&IT. It is designed for educators, policy makers, librarians, technical support staff, and students and employees with disabilities and their advocates.Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT )
http://www.washington.edu/doit/
I am writing up promising practices to post in the AccessIT searchable Knowledge Base, www.washington.edu/accessit). This site focuses on creating and procuring accessible technology in educational settings, such as instructional software and Web pages. To get a better idea of what I'm looking for, take a look at the collection of promising practices we have now by consulting http//www.washington.edu/accessit/faqs.php?Button=PP.Just stumbled across something I though was worth sharing with anyone? interested in online learning. Go to http://classesusa.com/
This site provides success stories through ODEP's data bank re: people
with disabilities who have found ways for self employment to work for
A new DO-IT publication atstudents through a set of perparatory experiences. Some of the resourcesincluded are good for parents and teachers to take a look at, too. Thispublication was recently published in the journal entitled Closing Gap-------------------------------------------------------------------Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D.Director, DO-IT & UW Access Technology Lab; Co-Director, AccessIT
BOOKS
Disabled Online Users Association (DOUA) eBay Mentors Manual - 18 pages.
http://www.doua.org/DOUAMentor.doc
Organization's homepage http://doua.org/
The Disabled Online Users Association (DOUA) was established as a way to bring technology
to the differently-abled and this is where Ebay comes into the picture.Montana Association of Workforce Professionals (MAWP)
http://insider.dli.state.mt.us/teams/iapes/ Mentoring Guide available at
http://insider.dli.state.mt.us/mentor/mentor.htm Select Introduction to mentoring for the 28 page manual"Paths to Equal Opportunity: Barriers to Self-Employment for Disabled People"
www.equalopportunity.on.ca/eng_g/subject/index.asp?action=search_7&file_id=25184
Barriers to Self-Employment for Disabled People. Author: Boylan, Ann and Tania Burchardt Published: January 2003 Formats: PDF Offline ...
"Unlikely Entrepreneurs: A Complete Guide to Business Start-ups for People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions."
World Institute on Disabilities, North Peak Publishing
http://www.wid.orgDisability Alliance Web Based Publications Order Form
www.disabilityalliance.org/publicor.htm ... 2.00 per copy. Claiming Disability Living Allowance - A self-help guide for disabled people aged 16-64. Single price. ... 19.00 per set. Self-employment - why not? ...
Self-Employment for People with Disabilities: A Free In-Service/Pre-Service Training Curriculum for Rehabilitation Professionals
Developed and used nationwide by the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, this versatile curriculum teaches business development basics and describes the steps for helping a person with a disability start a business. You can use it as a self-study course, a workshop training, and/or as part of a rehabilitation education curriculum. http://selfemploymenttraining.ruralinstitute.umt.edu
Access the URL to get the web-based self-employment manual. To request a Self-Employment CD-ROM slide show with lecture notes and suggested activities for training, presentations, and classroom instruction, send an e-mail to: Diana Spas at owner-employment@ruralinstitute.umt.edu and include your name and mailing address. If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Dr. Nancy Arnold at nancy@ruralinstitute.umt.edu.=20
MONTANA RESOURCES
Montana Job Training Partnership, Inc.
www.mjtp.org
A major administrative entity and grant recipient for the Workforce Investment Act in Montana.
Montana University Rural Institute on Disability
http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/Self-Employment for People with Disabilities: A Free In-Service/Pre-Service Training Curriculum for Rehabilitation Professionals
Developed and used nationwide by the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, this versatile curriculum teaches business development basics and describes the steps for helping a person with a disability start a business. You can use it as a self-study course, a workshop training, and/or as part of a rehabilitation education curriculum. http://selfemploymenttraining.ruralinstitute.umt.edu
Access the URL to get the web-based self-employment manual. To request a Self-Employment CD-ROM slide show with lecture notes and suggested activities for training, presentations, and classroom instruction, send an e-mail to: Diana Spas at owner-employment@ruralinstitute.umt.edu and include your name and mailing address. If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Dr. Nancy Arnold at nancy@ruralinstitute.umt.edu.=20FYI: This is a report on the various disability initiatives under the President's New Freedom Initiative for People with Disabilities, including the customized employment project.New Freedom Initiative A Progress Report Table of Contents.htm From Lisa Newman MJTP Helena
Montana Association of Workforce Professionals (MAWP)
http://insider.dli.state.mt.us/teams/iapes/ Mentoring Guide available at
http://insider.dli.state.mt.us/mentor/mentor.htm Select Introduction to mentoring for the 28 page manualMontana Department of Commerce; business resources
http://commerce.state.mt.us/BRD_RCT.aspMontana State Workforce
http://jsd.dli.state.mt.us/default.aspMontana World Trade Center
www.mwtc.org Fraser McLeay 406 243 6982Montana Technology Roundtable
www.matr.net Resources and articles on technology and economic developmentRocky Mountain Market
http://www.rockymountainmarket.com/
Marketing art and products from the region.Rocky Mountain Business Ebusiness Solution Center
http://www.rockymountainbusiness.com/ECResources/resource.aspSteps to success in Ebusiness
http://www.rockymountainbusiness.com/ECResources/newusers.aspEntrepreneurship resources and short course in powerpoint format
http://www.rockymountainbusiness.com/EntResources/Default.aspCome Home Montana
www.comehomemontana.orgA Montana Jobs Network (MJN) http// www.montana-jobs.net collaboration with The Montana World Trade Center http/ / www.mwtc.org / and Mid-Rivers Communications http// www.midrivers.com / will bring four workshops to Eastern Montana communities. The focus is on building human capacity and growing business both nationally and internationally.
Ebay success stories for individuals with disabilities
ebay and web-based success stories from eProfit News
http://eprofitnews.com/success-stories.htmlHere are some incredible self-employment resources!!
www.disabledentrepreneur.com
Here's an individual who has created his own clearinghouse for self-employment solutions for individuals with disabilities! It is amazing what one person with a vision can do with the world wide web!Bruce Andor's Center for Self-employment Excellence
http://www.self-employmentexcellence.com/
An example of a "company of one."Success Stories- eComInfoCenter
www.ecominfocenter.com/smallbiz/success-failure.html
142 eCommerce Success Stories
TELEWORK SUCCESS STORES AND FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE
Telework Works: A Compendium of Success Stories
http://www.opm.gov/studies/FINAL-TELEWRK.htmMore on federal telework jobs at www.telework.gov