BoundaryLess Living founder and CEO William Sweeney, chats with an attendee on Nov. 17, 2021 at a BoundaryLess Living adaptive living home in Richmond, Va. Roughly 1.8 million businesses in the U.S. are owned by someone with a disability, according to the American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. And while the path to entrepreneurship is rarely easy, business owners with disabilities often need to overcome additional challenges, like societal misconceptions, barriers to financing and extra living costs, among other things. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, file)
