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Test The Limits
In recent years, increasing numbers of individuals with disabilities have pursued self-employment or entrepreneurship, as a means of achieving self-sufficiency and career satisfaction. In fact, people with disabilities are self-employed at almost twice the rate of the general population (14.7% compared to 8%).
Self-employment has many advantages for individuals with disabilities:
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Provide solutions to many of the employment barriers such as difficulties with transportation, workplace discrimination, and the absence of available jobs in which the individual is skilled;
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Mediates many of the needs of individuals with psychosocial or health disorders, such as flexible scheduling and emergency leave for medical or mental health treatment;
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Provides the most direct route to achieving the individual's career goals; and
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Furnishes a sense of achievement and satisfaction that might not otherwise come from other employment options.
Greg is a recognized speaker on self-determination, motivation and on disability issues. He sees his radio program and his speaking as effective tools to communicate the potential of people with disabilities. One of Greg's primary objectives is to motivate people with disabilities to test the limits of their potential, particularly in the area of employment. In a nation where the unemployment rate is at an all time low, Greg sees staffing solutions for corporate America in the disability community. He has developed working relationships with the National Council on Business & Disability and top corporations such as Microsoft and The Hartford in an effort to promote corporate America's shift toward equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
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Greg Smith at On A Roll
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