abstract: 'BACKGROUND: Microenterprise is emerging as an employment pathway for

  people with intellectual disabilities, but there is little published

  research in this area.

  OBJECTIVE: To identify the facilitators, barriers and outcomes from

  microenterprises owned by people with intellectual disabilities from

  several stakeholder perspectives.

  METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven business

  owners and 22 other stakeholders with data analysed using content

  analysis.

  RESULTS: A key facilitator for successful microenterprise was the

  availability of, and continued access to, three pillars of formal

  support (microenterprise consultant, personal assistant, and an

  enterprise management group). Key barriers identified were funding

  limitations, role confusion between supports, and problems recruiting

  supports with business skills. Outcomes for business owners included

  personal/emotional growth, skills development, autonomy, having a

  meaningful role, and contributing to their communities. Other

  stakeholders experienced personal rewards and an increased expectation

  of the capacities of people with intellectual disabilities. Income

  generation and cessation of benefits was not the goal of the model or

  noted as a main consideration by stakeholders.

  CONCLUSIONS: Microenterprise can provide people with intellectual

  disabilities with an employment pathway highly tailored to their goals,

  capacities and interests. With consistent formal support, people with

  intellectual disabilities can run businesses over many years.'
affiliation: 'Hutchinson, C (Corresponding Author), Flinders Univ S Australia, Coll
  Nursing \& Hlth Sci, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

  Hutchinson, Claire; Lay, Kiri; Alexander, June; Ratcliffe, Julie, Flinders Univ
  S Australia, Coll Nursing \& Hlth Sci, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

  Hutchinson, Claire; Ratcliffe, Julie, Flinders Univ S Australia, Coll Nursing \&
  Hlth Sci, Caring Futures Inst, Adelaide, SA, Australia.'
author: Hutchinson, Claire and Lay, Kiri and Alexander, June and Ratcliffe, Julie
author-email: claire.hutchinson@flinders.edu.au
author_list:
- family: Hutchinson
  given: Claire
- family: Lay
  given: Kiri
- family: Alexander
  given: June
- family: Ratcliffe
  given: Julie
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3233/JVR-221179
eissn: 1878-6316
files: []
issn: 1052-2263
journal: JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
keywords: 'Microenterprise; people with intellectual disabilities; formal support;

  informal support; qualitative'
keywords-plus: 'SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL-DISABILITIES; CUSTOMIZED EMPLOYMENT;

  SOCIAL INCLUSION; ADULTS; WORK; ENTERPRISE; MICROENTERPRISE;

  PARTICIPATION; OPPORTUNITIES'
language: English
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '72'
orcid-numbers: 'Ratcliffe, Julie/0000-0001-7365-1988

  Hutchinson, Claire/0000-0003-4289-8886'
pages: 149-163
papis_id: bc9268b67201ac57e78959d2b1234a18
ref: Hutchinson2022perspectivespeople
researcherid-numbers: 'Ratcliffe, Julie/G-3169-2017

  Hutchinson, Claire/R-2780-2016'
times-cited: '2'
title: Perspectives on people with intellectual disabilities as business owners
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000775534700004
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '56'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation
year: '2022'