Unlocking professional opportunities for the chronically ill and disabled community.

The Empower Network

There are over 22 million working-age adults in the U.S. living with a disability, and far too many are forced to leave their jobs and instead rely on public financial support – not because they lack ambition, but because traditional employment simply isn’t built to accommodate the realities of chronic illness and disability.

At The Empower Network nonprofit, we believe self-employment can be a powerful path forward, offering the flexibility that so many of us need.

Through expert-led, disability-informed training, networking, and a searchable database connecting business owners with values-aligned customers, we’re empowering financial independence while respecting the very real boundaries of health challenges and disability.

“There’s a common narrative that people on disability are lazy. My experience as a coach has proven it to be the opposite:

All of my clients would love to be working again, if only they could find work that could accommodate their complex health challenges.”

Stephanie Swanson, The Empower Network Founder & CEO