Two trends – remote work and chronic illness – are converging at a rapid pace. Meet the 23-year-old entrepreneur who is bringing them together, empowering a unique population of adaptable, determined workers.
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“This was a really hard time for me because I thought, ‘Is there a place in the workforce for people like me?’ I really thought there wasn’t a place for chronically ill people,” says Olson. “I also knew that just because I had these physical limitations, that didn’t mean that mentally my ambitions weren’t intact. It was hard to find the words to explain that to an employer, so I became determined to change that. I knew that I wanted to make a change in this space.
will live with at least one chronic illness. Why? Chronic illness is raging for several reasons—including a rise in sedentary lifestyles, which raises the risk of diabetes, obesity and heart disease, and a rising life expectancy that means we’re living longer with chronic illnesses. Yet, as Olson can attest, not every job is appropriate for someone with a chronic illness or disability. That’s why Chronically Capable focuses on flexible and remote opportunities, including full-time, part-time and project work. The good news is that, with the rise in global connectedness, remote work is having its moment in the sun. According to, remote work grew 115 percent between 2005 and 2015—that’s 10 times faster than the rest of the workforce. About 3.9 million U.S.
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