Abstract
In 1993 the Rehabilitation Services Administration funded a nation-wide demonstration on ways to improve consumer choice within vocational rehabilitation services. Seven sites were selected to implement choice-based services. An unanticipated outcome of the demonstration was that approximately 13% self-employment over regular employment. This percentage not only was significantly greater than that in traditional rehabilitation services, it was larger than the percentage of persons who are self-employed in the general population. This article examines the relationship of self-employment to the emerging self-determination movement for persons with disabilities.
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