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At a time when employment is uncertain, a local organization helps people with disabilities become entrepreneurs. Author: Rachel Yonkunas (FOX43) Updated: 10:23 PM EST December 13, 2020
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. As new restrictions on businesses settle into place, a local organization is helping people with disabilities tap into their passions to become entrepreneurs.
Take Derek Hamburg, for starters. Derek, 28, is a sports fanatic through and through. It was something he and his dad bonded over, until his father passed away from cancer when Derek was in sixth grade.
“When I was about 7 or 8 years old, me and my dad, when he was alive, we went to a lot of the Ravens games,” Derek said. “I’m also a Special Olympics athlete.”