Self-employment as a solution for attitudinal barriers: a case study.
This paper uses a case study to examine attitudinal barriers to employment and underemployment. We follow the career path of PR, a woman with multiple physical impairments, as she seeks financial independence through several employment strategies. In these, she faced attitudinal barriers and employment situations without opportunity for advancement. Eventually, PR opens her own business, turning to an alternative loan program to acquire the funds necessary to purchase a ready-made vehicle that matches her needs for accessible transportation. Use of this vehicle to provide delivery services for her business has more than doubled her income.
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Melanie C
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Quinton
D001290:Attitude; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004651:Employment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods; D058012:Small Business / Q000458:organization & administration
Attitudinal barriers; disabilities; employment; new horizon loan program