From Fortune Small Business/CNN Money:

Dr. Glen House, who became quadriplegic at 20, teamed with biotech executive J.W. Roth to found Disaboom.com. The company is a fast-growing social network aimed at the 50 million Americans with disabilities and their caregivers. House’s goal: to help them “live forward with their conditions.”

The site offers advertisers an opportunity to reach a previously untapped market, including a reported 72,000 registered users. An excerpt:

… House demonstrates that disabilities are no obstacle in the brave new world of technology. If anything, the determination they engender provides a clear business advantage. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of self-employed Americans with disabilities has grown from 12% to 15% since the dawn of the Web. For the rest of us, the figure has stayed static at 8%. Your next competitor may just zoom past you in a wheelchair.

Roth also launched companion sites Disaboomjobs.com, an employment site responding to the high unemployment of people with disabilities, and lovebyrd, a dating site for those with disabilities.

See earlier post here.

(David Yellen photo/Fortune Small Business/CNN.com)

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