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Selected Examples of Federal and State Legislation that Promote Entrepreneurship Among Veterans with Disabilities
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... federal and state governments have enacted legislation and made changes to regulations meant to promote entrepreneurship among veterans with disabilities (see Table 1). And while entrepreneurship as a career goal is increasingly being recognized as an employment option for veterans with disabilities, there are few programs that provide training in business planning and development, and address the personal development and supportive services that entrepreneurs with disabilities often need. ...
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... For people with physical impairments, getting help with life's tasks such as household activities, travelling, and other activities is normal, and often the initiative to do that has to come from the handicapped person him-or herself (Pag an, 2009). Veterans with emotional problems may need to reach out for grief and psychological counseling (Haynie & Shepherd, 2011;Shaheen & Myhill, 2009). And immigrants may be required to appeal to countrymen who have arrived before them to the new land to get economic or vocational aid and social support. ...
... Indeed, immigrants frequently form networks of their countrymen at home and abroad to develop their businesses (Light et al., 1993). The handicapped and veterans too may unite with others who share a similar condition, perhaps those whom they have met at assemblies of their counterparts (Shaheen & Myhill, 2009). ...
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