Healing Trauma:The Practical Path of Social Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities
From the perspective of trauma,through case studies of two social entrepreneurship practices,it is found that the practical path of social entrepreneurship for people with disabilities can be summarized by healing trauma,which is the process of treating trauma and promoting wound healing.First of all,treating trauma is the motivation of social entrepreneurship for people with disabilities,which originates from the motivation of treating individual,group and social trauma.Secondly,the process of social entrepreneurship for people with disabilities includes three aspects:opportunity identification,resource integration and legitimacy acquisition.Social entre-preneurs with disabilities identify entrepreneurial opportunities by considering trauma and match-ing strength and opportunity,integrate resources by linking social support networks and absorbing disabled groups,and gain legitimacy by meeting external needs and eliminating negative emo-tions.Finally,wound healing is the effect of social entrepreneurship for people with disabilities,and the practice of social entrepreneurship for people with disabilities ultimately realizes the plu-ral value of individual,group and social wound healing.
Social entrepreneurshipPeople with disabilitiesTrauma