Business Resources for Disabled People
This guide provides resources to help disabled people start, grow and manage a small business.
See the Employing People with Disabilities for hiring, recruiting and accommodation requirements.
Starting a Business
- Entrepreneur Resources for People with Disabilities
Information, resources and technical assistance to expand opportunities for self-employment and small business. - Important Considerations for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
Discusses important considerations for potential entrepreneurs with disabilities. - Online Seminar: Self-Employment for Individuals with Disabilities
Introduces some of the critical factors in considering business feasibility, developing financial resources, basic business plan development, and the identification and access to community small business resources. - Small Business and Self-Employment Service
Provides information, counseling, and referrals about self-employment and small business ownership opportunities for people with disabilities.
- START-UP USA
Self-employment information and resources for individuals with disabilities. - State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies
Learn about programs that help people with disabilities become employed, including self-employment. - Ticket to Work Program
This connects social security disability insurance and supplemental security income beneficiaries with employment networks for training and other support services needed to achieve their employment goals, including self-employment.
Financing a Business
- Abilities Fund
Offers financial assistance, customize training and resources to entrepreneurs with disabilities. - Alternative Financing Technical Assistance Project
Get information on state loan programs and success stories. - Small Business Grants, Loans and Venture Capital
Learn about government back small business loans, research grants and venture capital available to all small business owners.
Tax Information
- Accessible IRS Tax Products
Get popular tax forms and publications in accessible formats, including Braille and talking formats. - Facts About Disability-Related Tax Provisions
Info on the IRS' disability-related provisions of particular interest to businesses as well as people with disabilities. - Tax Incentives Packet on the Americans with Disabilities Act
Find out how to take advantage of the tax credit and deduction available for complying with the ADA.
Trade and Professional Resources
- Business Leadership Network
Learn about the only national disability organization led by business for business, and how it promotes best practices in hiring, retaining, and marketing to people with disabilities. - Chamber of Commerce for Individuals with Disabilities
A national consumer volunteer organization that uses business principles to improve the economic status of individuals with disabilities. - Disabled Businesspersons Association
Assists enterprising individuals with disabilities to succeed in the business world. - National AgrAbility Project
Resources to assist people with disabilities employed in agriculture.