ATLANTA (WUPA), a local non-profit, is providing entrepreneurs with disabilities resources and connections in order to launch successful businesses.
Jasmin Duffey (35), a basketball player at Middle Tennessee State University who was ranked number two in the country, lost her sight after an eye surgery in 2012.
“I went through all the emotions possible, including sadness, depression and denial until I found myself,” said McDonough, explaining how she discovered her calling as an spoken word artist.
Duffey stated that she needed an opening door to launch Blinded by Ambition LLC and her direct-to garment (DTG printing) business.
She said that Synergies Work did the opposite. “Once a person is labeled a disabled individual, I believe other people will stop offering opportunities. “They pair you up with a mentor. I have my own booth. I have everything I need to be an engineer, including my computer. They’ve been like, “Oh my God, what a blessing.”
Her positive attitude is captured in the inspirational words she spoke during her Atlanta Now News interview.
She said, “I am blinded by my ambition and never see obstacles.”
Aarti Sahgal founded Synergies Work, in 2016, after her younger son was diagnosed with Down syndrome.
“I noticed that there was no space for entrepreneurs who have disabilities.” “Nobody is serving them,” said she, explaining how the programme helped her child launch two startups. “He has an online tea company, and he’s created his own app and platform.”
Since 2016, the program has assisted more than 200 entrepreneurs who have disabilities. In the past two years, it has also launched more than seventy new businesses.
They could be running retail businesses. They could be in the technology business. They may be service-oriented. “They are artists,” Sahgal said.
It has given entrepreneurs and artists like Duffey an accurate vision of their future.
Even the Bible tells us that we should walk by faith, not sight. In a spoken poem, she explained that Christ had designed the life I am living.
Synergies Work’s first EDDIE Award will be presented on Thursday. This ceremony recognizes top entrepreneurs who have disabilities. The event is sold out, but anyone interested in attending can request to join a waitlist here: https://synergieswork.org/eddie-awards/.