Celebrating Disabled Owned Small Businesses

I put a message out in one of the Etsy groups I'm in on Facebook asking for disabled owned businesses who would want to be featured in this blog post and I was overwhelmed with the response, it's amazing to know there are so many disabled people running their own businesses.

But also, I understand why there is, being self-employed lets us work around our disabilities, to work around our good and our bad days, to work the hours that suit us without judgement. Being in regular employment and being disabled isn't always easy, in fact sometimes it's almost impossible. Whether that's because our conditions make us unreliable, or because employers can't, or won't made adaptions. Or another reason, either way, it's sometimes just not possible.

Now don't get me wrong, being self-employed is hard, for anybody. It takes a lot of self motivation, a lot of effort and hard work. But combine that with having a mind and body that doesn't always cooperate in the way you want it to, and it's even harder. But we do it. We do it because even though our bodies let us down, inside we are just as ambitious, just as driven as none disabled people. And also, we need money to pay the bills!

I do need to just say, because all of these sellers are on Etsy, I'm using affiliate links, it doesn't cost you anything but if you go on to purchase, I will make a small commission and it helps to pay those bills I mentioned. Thanks for supporting my business :)