Working for Yourself: How People with Disabilities Choose Self-employment

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Palmer ◽  
Kay Schriner ◽  
Yvette Getch ◽  
Douglas Main
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Self Employment

Self-employment is an increasingly popular choice among all Americans, including individuals with disabilities. In this article, we report the results of a qualitative study of four persons with disabilities who are self-employed. We describe the characteristics of successful self-employment as these individuals define it, conditions that led to their choosing self-employment, and contextual factors that were associated with their decision making.

The Process and Experiences of Self-Employment Among People With Disabilities: A Qualitative Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Ashley ◽  
Noreen M. Graf
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

Self-employment and business ownership may provide viable options toward overcoming employment disparities for people with disabilities. This qualitative study explored the process and experience of self-employment among people with disabilities. An online survey yielded responses from 18 individuals who were engaged in various self-employment endeavors. The researchers identified three main categories: reasons for self-employment, the process of becoming self-employed, and the challenges encountered. The majority of participants revealed negative and/or unhelpful interactions with vocational rehabilitation counselors. In addition, this study solicited advice from participants for vocational rehabilitation counselors and other persons with disabilities contemplating self-employment. Finally, recommendations for vocational rehabilitation practice, business development training, and education are provided.

Legislating personhood: realising the right to support in exercising legal capacity

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eilionoir Flynn ◽  
Anna Arstein-Kerslake
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Philosophy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Legal Capacity ◽  
Mental Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Right

AbstractThis paper examines the regulation of ‘personhood’ through the granting or denying of legal capacity. It explores the development of the concept of personhood through the lens of moral and political philosophy. It highlights the problem of upholding cognition as a prerequisite for personhood or the granting of legal capacity because it results in the exclusion of people with cognitive disabilities (intellectual, psycho-social, mental disabilities, and others). The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) challenges this notion by guaranteeing respect for the right to legal capacity for people with disabilities on an equal basis with others and in all areas of life (Article 12). The paper uses the CRPD to argue for a conception of personhood that is divorced from cognition and a corresponding recognition of legal capacity as a universal attribute that all persons possess. Finally, a support model for the exercise of legal capacity is proposed as a possible alternative to the existing models of substituted decision-making that deny legal capacity and impose outside decision-makers.

Participation of People With Disabilities in the Decision-Making Process in Nepal

2022 ◽  
pp. 242-263
Author(s):  
Obindra B. Chand ◽  
Sudeep Uprety
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Meaningful Participation ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Municipal Level

Despite the significant social and political changes over the last five decades in Nepal, persons with disabilities (PwDs) still face challenges in their everyday lives. Lack of meaningful participation of PwDs in leadership and decision-making processes, social stigma, discrimination, and inaccessible physical facilities have excluded PwDs from freely exercising fundamental rights such as voting. Mass media and civil society occasionally raise issues and problems faced by PwDs. Equally, the dearth of data regarding disability has created further challenges to policymakers and planners to understand the diversity of PwD issues at large. Based on a qualitative study, this chapter aims to explore the participation of PwDs particularly in the different phases of policy formulation (such as consultation and participation) at the municipal level and calls for crucial actions for ensuring meaningful participation of PwDs in democratic processes in Nepal in the current federal context.

A Qualitative Analysis of the Potential for Collaboration between Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies and Small Business Developers

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Colling ◽  
Nancy Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Economic Trend ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Small Business Development ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Rehabilitation Agency

Self-employment is a significant economic trend. For a variety of reasons, self-employment may be particularly salient to people with disabilities. For a person working with a vocational rehabilitation agency, collaboration with a business consultant is an important component of the business development process to help insure success. However, quite often this step is not included in the process or is overlooked. This article reports on a qualitative study conducted to learn about collaborative efforts between Vocational Rehabilitation and business consultants such as Small Business Development Centers, and to assess the potential for strengthening resources available for persons with disabilities who wish to pursue entrepreneurship. Focus groups were conducted using knowledgeable and experienced participants from both service entities, as well as people with disabilities who are self-employed. Analysis of these data is presented, along with recommendations based upon the findings and the empirical literature on professional collaboration.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Fixed-Route Transit Decision-Making: Exploring Differences by Disability and Community Type

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordana Maisel ◽  
Molly Ranahan ◽  
Jimin Choi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Community Type ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Mobility Impairments ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Eligibility Determination ◽  
Transit Agencies

Transit agencies utilize the following complementary initiatives to encourage greater fixed-route transit usage by people with disabilities: (1) implement more rigorous paratransit eligibility determination practices and (2) address the factors that deter people with disabilities from using fixed-route transit. This research focuses on the latter and uses previously conducted survey data to determine the most important factors individuals with disabilities consider when deciding to use various transportation options, and how these factors vary by disability and community type. Findings indicate that individuals with mobility impairments consistently rated the built environment factors as more important to their transit mode decision-making than scheduling-related factors. Findings also highlighted the importance of addressing complex trips when assisting riders with intellectual and cognitive disabilities. The current study also revealed that people with disabilities experience barriers differently based on where they live, suggesting the need for context sensitive interventions to support fixed-route ridership. Transit agencies should utilize this information to employ more targeted interventions to encourage greater fixed-route transit usage for individuals with disabilities.

scholarly journals “The Situation has Exposed Persons with Disabilities to Double Edged Pain”: People with Disabilities’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Wickenden ◽  
Brigitte Rohwerder ◽  
Jackie Shaw ◽  
Stephen Thompson ◽  
Eric Wakoko
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Research Activities

This qualitative study was undertaken as part of the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded Inclusion Works programme which aims to improve inclusive employment for people with disabilities in four countries: Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh. When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged early in 2020 the work of this consortium programme was adapted to focus on pandemic relief and research activities, while some other planned work was not possible.

scholarly journals Collaboration in the Marriage Relationship among Persons with Disabilities

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia H. Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
High Level ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Over Time

This study reports on a subset of data obtained from a larger study. A qualitative study of persons with disabilities was conducted to examine the phenomenon of collaboration with others in their lives. Participants were administered two semi-structured in-person interviews about their experiences with collaboration. Each of the participants were then observed as they collaborated with others in their lives in two participant observation sessions. Since not all participants were married, selected data relevant to the marriage collaboration from interviews and participant observation sessions of a subgroup of four married study participants were then isolated and coded using open coding analysis. Accuracy of data was insured through the use of triangulation via multiple coders and member checking. The analyzed data fell into five large categories: 1) Practical Considerations; 2) Collaboration on Occupation; 3) Structures and Patterns of Collaboration; 4) Social Considerations; and 5) The Qualities that Make the Marriage Collaboration Exceptional. Data indicated that study participants collaborated with their spouses in a variety of ways over time and that there were qualities in their collaborations with their spouses which indicated a high level of mutual respect and love. Some unique issues in the marriage collaboration for people with disabilities also emerged, such as feelings of imbalance in the contributions to the marriage regarding physical tasks, a need for alone time or -conversely- a fear of being alone.

Why choose forceps over ventouse? A qualitative study exploring contextual factors in decision making

2011 ◽  
Vol 96 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. Fa95-Fa95
Author(s):  
A. Umranikar ◽  
A. Fenwick ◽  
R. Wiles ◽  
J. Cullen ◽  
J. Mountfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Contextual Factors

scholarly journals “The Situation has Exposed Persons with Disabilities to Double Edged Pain”: People with Disabilities’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wickenden, Mary Wickenden, Mary ◽  
Brigitte Rohwerder ◽  
Jackie Shaw ◽  
Stephen Thompson ◽  
Eric Wakoko
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Research Activities

This qualitative study was undertaken as part of the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded Inclusion Works programme which aims to improve inclusive employment for people with disabilities in four countries: Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh. When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged early in 2020 the work of this consortium programme was adapted to focus on pandemic relief and research activities, while some other planned work was not possible.

Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities: Experiences in Southern India

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2096079
Author(s):  
Rebecca Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special School ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
Positive Experiences

This exploratory qualitative study explores the experiences of the siblings of individuals with disabilities in Southern India. Five siblings of students attending one special school were recruited to participate in the study using the method of auto-photography. Participants were asked to take photographs of what it is like to have a sibling with a disability. Grounded theory was utilized in the qualitative analysis of transcribed interviews processing the photographs. Participants endorsed six positive themes. Cultural and religious misperceptions of disabilities and subsequent themes of shame and rejection were not found. The findings of this study found positive experiences of siblings of people with disabilities and may provide tentative support for local anecdotal reports of increased acceptance of people with disabilities, opening the door to future research opportunities in this area.

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