Endnotes
The information contained in this report is based in part on material appearing in the following sources. For specific citations, contact the Small Business and Self-Employment Project at the Office of Disability Employment Policy.
- United States Small Business Administration, "Small Business: Heart of the United States Economy," Small Business Profile, 1998 (Washington, DC: SBA, 1998), online, Internet, 20 Sept. 1999.
- United States Small Business Administration, Small Business Answer Card (Washington, DC: SBA, 1998), online, Internet, 20 Sept. 1999.
- United States Small Business Administration, The White House Conference on Small Business Issue Handbook (Washington, DC: SBA, 1994), online, Internet, 28 April 1999. http://www.sba.gov/advo/whc1.txt
- United States Small Business Administration, The New American Evolution: The Role and Impact of Small Firms (Washington, DC: SBA, 1998), online, Internet, 26 April 2000. http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/evol_pap.html
- United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of the Census, "Employment Statistics: March 1999" (Washington, DC: BLS, 1999) online, Internet, 22 April 1999.
- United States Small Business Administration, foreward, Minorities in Business (Washington, DC: SBA, 1999), iii.
- United States Small Business Administration, foreward, Women in Business (Washington, DC: SBA, 1998), n. pag.
- United States Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency, The Emerging Minority Marketplace (Washington, DC: Department of Commerce, 1999), preface.
- National Council on Disability, Achieving Independence: The Challenge for the 21st Century (Washington, DC: NCD, 1996), 14.
- United States Census Bureau, "Americans with Disabilities: 1994-5," Current Population Reports (Washington, DC: Census Bureau, 1997), 1.
- Lou Harris and Associates, Inc., 1998 N.O.D./Harris Survey of Americans with Disabilities, (New York: Lou Harris and Associates, Inc., 1998) 7.
- Douglas L. Kruse, "Persons with Disabilities: Demographic, Income and Health Care Characteristics, 1993," Monthly Labor Review, (Sept.1998): 16.
- Patricia Digh, "America's Largest Untapped Market: Who They Are, The Potential They Represent" [paid advertisement, World Communication Works] Fortune Magazine, 2 Mar. 1998. [Also appears in WE Magazine, March 1998.]
- Lewis E. Kraus and Susan Stoddard, Chartbook on Work Disability in the United States, (Washington, DC: NIDRR, 1991): 36.
- Thomas W. Hale, Howard V. Hayghe, and John M. McNeil, "Persons with Disabilities: Monthly Labor Market Activity, 1994," Monthly Labor Review, Sept. 1998, 3-12.
- H. Stephen Kaye, Vocational Rehabilitation in America. (San Francisco, CA: Disability Statistics Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of California, 1998).
- Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, Re-Charting the Course: The First Report of the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, (Washington, DC: DOL, 1998), online, Internet, 24 April 2000.
- Nancy Arnold, Tom Seekins, and Craig Ravesloot, Self-Employment as a Vocational Rehabilitation Employment Outcome in Rural and Urban Areas, (Missoula, MT: Research and Training Center on Rural Rehabilitation Services, University of Montana, 1995), online, Internet, 24 Apr. 2000. http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/SelEm/Monograph/SelEmMono.htm
- Minnesota Department of Economic Security, Rehabilitation Services Branch, "Small Business," [Policy Manual], 4D-1.
- Texas Commission for the Blind, "DRAFT: Self-Employment Guidelines," n.pag.
- Iowa Divsion of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, "Business Initiatives," [Policy Manual], Section 10.20.
- Franklin Neil Corbin, Oregon Department of Human Resources, Vocational Rehabilitation Division, personal interview.
- Rosanne Herzog, Goodman, Herzog and Associates, personal interview.
- Julie Svec, C/S Vocational Consultants, personal interview.
- David Bangs, Smart Steps to Smart Choices, (Chicago, IL: Upstart, 1996) 141.
- Urban Miyares, "The Enterprising Disabled: A Ten Year Perspective," The Entrepreneur with a Disability: A Report on the 19th Mary Swizer Memorial Seminar (March 1996) 66-69.
- Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Rehabilitation Act Amendments.
- Aspen Institute, 1999 Directory of U.S. Microenterprise Programs, online, Internet, 19 March 2000. http://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications1/bookstore_economic.asp
- Stephen Kaye, Vocational Rehabilitation in America. (San Francisco, CA: Disability Statistics Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, 1998).
- John Raffa, Agreement to Help Disabled Find Work, Sun-Sentinel, 16 January 2000, online, Lexis, 10 April 2000.
- James Aley, "Economic Intelligence: The Failure Fallacy," Fortune Magazine, 6 September 1993, online, Lexis, 10 April 2000.
- Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, People with Disabilities Developing Self-Employment and Small Business Opportunities (Hot Springs, AR: University of Arkansas, 1998).