Resumo

OLAZ CAPITAN, Ángel  e  ORTIZ GARCIA, Pilar. Disability and entrepreneurship. New horizons, new challenges. suma neg. [online]. 2019, vol.10, n.spe22, pp.72-79. ISSN 2215-910X.  https://doi.org/10.14349/sumneg/2019.v10.n22.a10.

The objective of this work is to analyze what aspects condition the entrepreneurship in people with physical, organic and sensorial disability, due to the particular difficulties that this group poses. Based on a set of 15 interviews, carried out with entrepreneurs and experts in this field, we have studied 6 key dimensions influence a process of entrepreneurship: Personal-Psychological, Institutional-Legal-Public Policies, Cultural-Environmental, Educational-Training, Socio-Economic, Family and Physical-Accessibility, as well as the way in which specific competencies such as self-confidence, initiative, adaptability, teamwork, optimism, and self-evaluation, contribute to their empowerment. Finally, this article will try to show which are the new horizons and new challenges that will allow normalization of the collective in an egalitarian society.

Palavras-chave : Entrepreneurship; disability; functional diversity; socio-emotional competencies; personal self-knowledge; self-management social awareness; management of interpersonal relations.

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