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The research is aims at identifying the potential factors affecting the disabled entrepreneurs in Selangor their social behavioral and engagement during entrepreneurship via online learning and physical education. This paper is exploratory in nature as it attempts to identify the important factors which are related to disabled entrepreneurship. For this reason, Entrepreneurship Selangor’s Youth Community (SAY LEAD) Entrepreneurship Selangor developed a 6-month program to bridge entrepreneurship ecosystem for differently abled entrepreneurs in Malaysia. The study explored the level of community engagement of people with disabilities into entrepreneurship education provided by SAY LEAD in Selangor focusing on 4 main issues consists of management, technology and digitalization, engagement and innovation which formed seven (7) modules. 12 entrepreneurs with disabilities (6 females and 6 males) constituted the study sample. The background literature review, complimented by pre-survey evidence gathered during the fieldwork for this study, categorically demonstrates that entrepreneurship with disability people is the most marginalized, socially excluded. The efficiency of entrepreneurial education is determined by the degree to which learners’ satisfaction. The greater the level of satisfaction, the greater the efficiency of entrepreneurship education.
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To Cite this Article: Madzhi, N. K., Norman, A. M. B. M., Saadun, S. @Juliana, Rodzi, N. A. B. M., Rahman, A. A. N. Bin, & Alias, R. (2023). Disability Entrepreneurs Behavioural and Perceptions Towards Online-Learning at Entrepreneurship Education Program: SAYLEAD Entrepreneurship League. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 12(1), 321–332.
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