Families Creating Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Understanding the Contribution of Familial Entrepreneurship

This book explores familial entrepreneurship as an innovative employment model for individuals with developmental disabilities, highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with this practice. It offers insights into how curricula, policy, and state services can better support families and underpin this form of inclusive work, making it a valuable resource for scholars in Disability Studies, Entrepreneurship, Inclusive Education, Adult Education, Exceptional Student Education, Transition, and Vocational Rehabilitation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 146 pages
Publication date: 30 July 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the realm of familial entrepreneurship as an innovative employment model, initiated by families in response to the challenges faced by individuals with developmental disabilities in securing employment opportunities. Through rich qualitative data collected through extensive research with families, the book explores the motivations and strategies behind familial entrepreneurs in the United States who have chosen to establish businesses to employ their loved ones.

Chapters within the volume offer in-depth analysis of the challenges and opportunities inherent in familial entrepreneurship, shedding light on how this practice supports individuals with developmental disabilities by fostering skill development, social interaction, and meaningful participation in activities. Recognizing familial entrepreneurship as a novel and distinct hybrid employment model, the text further examines how curricula, policies, and state services can effectively support families and underpin this form of inclusive work.

The volume draws significant conclusions that have implications for the fields of Disability Studies, Entrepreneurship, Inclusive Education, Adult Education, Exceptional Student Education, Transition, and Vocational Rehabilitation. It serves as a valuable resource for scholars and researchers in these domains as well as educators and practitioners across the broader field of education.

Weight: 360g
Dimension: 158 x 237 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367516420