ABSTRACT

This article examines the role of information technologies in helping small companies hire disabled people. It draws upon the data from a single-case study of a car-washing start-up business in China. I argue that technologies have allowed even micro-sized companies and entrepreneurs in NGOs to become more involved in disability employment. This calls for greater policy support specific to the needs of small companies and more respect for the autonomy of those NGOs. Information technology should also be included in disability employment support services so that the disabled are more likely to take advantages of the new technology economy.