In this chapter, we want to present the lived experience of exclusion and inclusion of a specific group, Hungarian entrepreneurs with disabilities (EWD). Our research question is how EWD experience inclusion and exclusion along three main areas in life: society, work, and cultural life. Building on the results of our qualitative research, we identified exclusionary practices in several critical areas: in rehabilitation services, in daily life, in the labour market, as well as in sports, leisure, and media representation. Becoming an entrepreneur at the same time and having a sound business can provide people with disabilities with a sense of economic inclusion and thus support their social inclusion despite overall negative experiences. Still, to avoid exclusion within the realm of entrepreneurship, a more robust and comprehensive support system, complemented by a conscious and consistent development of accessibility with the involvement of social, business and political stakeholders, would be more than necessary.

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Half-Open Doors? Disability and Inclusion: The Lived Experience of Hungarian Entrepreneurs with Disability

  • Sara Csillag,
  • Carmen Svastics,
  • Zsuzsanna Gyori,
  • Anna Laura Hidegh

摘要

In this chapter, we want to present the lived experience of exclusion and inclusion of a specific group, Hungarian entrepreneurs with disabilities (EWD). Our research question is how EWD experience inclusion and exclusion along three main areas in life: society, work, and cultural life. Building on the results of our qualitative research, we identified exclusionary practices in several critical areas: in rehabilitation services, in daily life, in the labour market, as well as in sports, leisure, and media representation. Becoming an entrepreneur at the same time and having a sound business can provide people with disabilities with a sense of economic inclusion and thus support their social inclusion despite overall negative experiences. Still, to avoid exclusion within the realm of entrepreneurship, a more robust and comprehensive support system, complemented by a conscious and consistent development of accessibility with the involvement of social, business and political stakeholders, would be more than necessary.