WHY CONSIDER SELF-EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE?
Many people with disabilities have a desire to be self-employed. This desire may be met through careful planning. Self-employment can be an appropriate means to achieving a vocational goal. Some reasons to consider a SEE are: • Small businesses have a good success rate. • Eighty percent of small businesses are still operating after 8 years. • Previously published high failure rates were in error. • Individuals with a work disability tend to be self-employed at higher rates than people without a work disability. • Self-employment is often a good choice for persons with physical barriers to commuting to a traditional job, or those with impaired work tolerance who need to set their own work schedule or pace. • Self-employment may also be the best employment option available for people with disabilities who live in rural areas where employers and jobs are scarce. In order to work, many people in rural areas have to create a job for themselves. • Self-employment and home-based businesses ar
