Empowering the Differently-abled as Successful Print Entrepreneurs
| dc.category | Conference Proceedings | |
| dc.contributor.author | Victoria Naomi, G | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-13T21:55:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-13T21:55:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.department | Special Education | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | With the increasing initiatives taken globally towards making the differently-abled persons employable, several seetors are redefining certain job positions to accommodate them. Taking this further, government organisations and NGOs train them to become entrepreneurs. Several disabled entrepreneurs have made a global mark. Steve Hawkins who uis almost disabled owning to a Motor Neuron disease is a scientist. Visually impaired Jim Stovall o f UK, an author cum entrepreneur makes movies and TV shows. Kevin Dasilva is a deaf entrepreneur in the marketing business. Entrepreneurial excellence award winners include Mark, an orthopedic, and Rob Smith, a wheelchair user. The Print Industiy being a conglomerate requires different skill sets ranging from designing process involving aesthetic skills but sedentary; to binding and packaging which are monotonous but requires mobility. This plethora o f skills can match different categories o f persons with disabilities. The American Publishing House in the United States, which is more than a century old, is being operated by disabled entrepreneurs. In India, not much emphasis has been givm to promote disabled persons as entrepreneurs in the Print sector though the industry is a promising avenue for them. This paper focuses on hoio printing technology forms a promising sector for the disabled individuals who aspire to become entrepreneurs. The authors map the characteristics o f specific classes of disability to specific skills required for the jobs in the Print industry. With this mapping a multi-level, hierarchical business model to empower the disabled persons, specifically women, to become an entrepreneur in specific domains in the Print Industry, is proposed. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.avinuty.ac.in/handle/avu/3193 | |
| dc.lang | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher.name | Tenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship | en_US |
| dc.publisher.type | National | en_US |
| dc.title | Empowering the Differently-abled as Successful Print Entrepreneurs | en_US |
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