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Small Business & Self-Employment

Entrepreneurship is an exciting opportunity for people with disabilities to realize their full potential while becoming financially self-supporting. Some of the benefits of self-employment or small business ownership include working at home, control of your work schedule, and the independence that comes from making your own decisions.

The Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) provides information, counseling, and referrals about self-employment and small business ownership opportunities for people with disabilities through its Small Business and Self-Employment Service. The service provides information about developing a business concept, obtaining capital, creating a marketing plan, and other business issues.

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Small 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.




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