Roughly 61 million people with disabilities live in the United States, and there are many more millions of people with disabilities around the world. Not surprisingly, differences among and between people with disabilities are often as notable as differences between people with and without disabilities. And, while the lack of homogeneity among people with disabilities makes creating a valid taxonomy under this term difficult, if not impossible, there is commonality among and between people with disabilities that justifies an authoritative resource on positive psychology and disability. That is, they have experienced discrimination and marginalization as a function of their disability.
This expanded and updated volume assembles chapters by leading scholars in the fields of disability and positive psychology to provide a comprehensive synthesis of the state of the combined field of positive psychology and disability. Chapters are organized into thematic sections, beginning with an introductory section providing information on overarching themes in positive psychology and disability. The second section focuses on specific positive psychological constructs that have relevance to disability, including optimism, hope, social well-being, resilience, and positive education. The following section examines systems that take strengths-based approaches to treatment and intervention, while the fourth section looks at the application of positive psychological principles in specific disciplines such as rehabilitation sciences and disability studies. The final section focuses on topics that merit consideration in positive psychology and disability such as disability ethics, adaptation, and toxic positivity.
Disability has always been associated with "differentness" and, consequently, people with disabilities have, throughout time, been treated as such. By examining disability from a strengths-based perspective, this volume provides a catalyst to accelerate the application of positive psychology with regard to how disability is understood.
This expanded and updated volume assembles chapters by leading scholars in the fields of disability and positive psychology to provide a comprehensive synthesis of the state of the combined field of positive psychology and disability. Disability has always been associated with "differentness" and, consequently, people with disabilities have, throughout time, been treated as such. By examining disability from a strengths-based perspective, this volume provides a catalyst to accelerate the application of positive psychology with regard to how disability is understood.
Part I: Introduction to Positive Psychology and Disability
Chapter 1: Embracing Disability Identity: A Positive Psychology Perspective
Erin E. Andrews and Jaylene M. Lee
Chapter 2: A Brief History of Positive Psychology and Its Application to
Disability
Dana S. Dunn and Michael L. Wehmeyer
Chapter 3: Conceptualizing Disability: Positive Psychology and the ICF
Models
Michael L. Wehmeyer and Dana S. Dunn
Chapter 4: Positive Deviance: Character Strength Development at the
Intersectionality of Disability
Dan Tomasulo
Chapter 5: Cultural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Positive Psychology
and Disability
Chandra Donnell Carey and Tyra A Bernard-Watts
Part II: Application of Positive Psychological Constructs to Disability
Chapter 6: Optimism Within the Context of Disability
Kevin L. Rand and Naheeda Ahamadeen
Chapter 7: Disability and Hope: The Neurodevelopmental Disorder Perspective
Malka Margalit and Michal Al-Yagon
Chapter 8: Coping and Disability: A Positive Psychology Perspective
Ella McNeil, Abigail Wang, Kaitlin Gelman, Jack Holloway, Gissette Noriega,
and Michele M. Tugade
Chapter 9: Social Well-Being and Friendship
Carli Friedman
Chapter 10: Self-Determination and Self-Determined Learning
Sheida K. Raley, Michael L. Wehmeyer, and Todd D. Little
Chapter 11: Resilience, Problem Solving, and the Experience of Disability: A
Positive Psychological Perspective
Dana S. Dunn and Kara B. Ayers
Chapter 12: Interpersonal Decision Making in Individuals With Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities
Ishita Khemka
Chapter 13: Character Strengths
Ryan M. Niemiec
Chapter 14: Mindfulness and Disability
Nirbhay N. Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni, Rachel E. Myers, Yoon-Suk Hwang, and
Oleg N. Medvedev
Chapter 15: Disability and Sexual Positivity: The Right to Sexual
Citizenship
Roxanna Nasseri Pebdani, Rachel Cuesta, Gabrielle Ficchi, Jolie Chantharath,
Margaret McGrath
Chapter 16: Disability and the Virtues of Interdependency
Shane Clifton and Jemma Clifton
Chapter 17: A Social Identity Approach to Positive Education: Toward New
Sources of Life Satisfaction for Students with Disabilities
Jeffrey G. Noel, Thomas P. Dirth, and Michelle R. Nario-Redmond
Chapter 18: Understanding and Increasing Well-Being in People With
Disabilities and/or Chronic Illness
Barry Nierenberg and D'anna Sydow
Part III. Strengths-based Processes, Approaches, and Systems
Chapter 19: Supports and Support Needs
Virginia Walker, Megan E. Carpenter, Yuwadee Viriyangkura, and James R.
Thompson
Chapter 20: Positive Psychology Measurement and Assessment
Lauren A. Stutts and Erin E. Andrews
Chapter 21: Micro, Meso, and Macro Actions for an Inclusive and Sustainable
Career Future
Laura Nota, Maria Cristina Ginevra, Sara Santilli, Denise Zucchini, and
Salvatore Soresi
Chapter 22: Powering up Family Systems Using Systems-Informed Positive
Psychology: Parent-Peer Workers as Levers for Change
Sylvana Mahmic, Margaret L. Kern, Annick Janson, Danielle Tracey, and
Christine Johnston
Chapter 23: Aging With Disability
Tamar Heller, Lieke van Heumen, and Abby Schindler
Chapter 24: Social Support and Disability
Kathleen R. Bogart, Brooke A Bryson, and Amanda Hemmesch
Part IV. Positive Psychology and Disability Disciplines
Chapter 25: Positive Rehabilitation Psychology: Prospects, Progress, and
Potential
Dana S. Dunn and Timothy R. Elliott
Chapter 26: Disability Studies
Brenda Jo Brueggemann and Jessica Gallagher
Chapter 27: Positive Psychological Mechanisms and Interventions in Chronic
Pain
Jennifer G. Pearston and Dawn M. Ehde
Chapter 28: Positive Psychology and Brain Injury Systems
Jed N. McGiffin, Whitney Morean, and David Sheppard
Part V. Considerations in Positive Psychology and Disability
Chapter 29: Positive Psychology and Disability Ethics: Foundations and
Principles
Emily M. Lund
Chapter 30: Adaptation and Disability Identity
Toni Saia, Joseph Stramondo, Abraham Graber, and Kathleen Green
Chapter 31: Toxic Positivity: The Pitfalls of Positivity in the Context of
Disability
Carrie R. Pilarski and Miso Kwak
Chapter 32: Conclusions and Future Directions
Erin Andrews, Kara Ayers, Dana S. Dunn, and Michael L. Wehmeyer
Erin E. Andrews, PsyD, ABPP, is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Chief of Psychology for the Veterans Health Administration VISN 17 Mental Health Clinical Resource Hub.
Kara B. Ayers, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and the Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence.
Dana S. Dunn, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of Academic Assessment at Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA.
Michael L. Wehmeyer, PhD, is the Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor in Special Education and Senior Scientist and Director, Beach Center on Disability at the University of Kansas.
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