‪Access to professional training for people with disabilities remains underdeveloped. Apprenticeships remain a means of reconciling a need for qualification and professional integration. This article analyses the conditions that encourage the development of apprenticeships in territorial public authorities, using Nouvelle-Aquitaine as a field of investigation. It reveals the key role of “entrepreneurs with a cause” who promote apprenticeships through awareness campaigns, a contract strategy with territorial authorities, and the labeling of training organizations. They appear as essential forces of a “rights policy” but the results remain limited today. Despite legislative and financial incentives, and the actions of key players and institutions, the development of apprenticeships progresses slowly and remains focused on training for jobs with a low level of qualification.‪