This volume brings to life the nature of resilience and adaptation to change by describing turning points, or critical experiences, in the lives of people with disabilities. People with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, or attention deficit disorder are interviewed. They describe events and experiences that changed their lives and pinpoint which factors helped or hindered their adaptation. Interweaving these compelling stories with popular thought and research evidence, the authors show how understanding the resilience of people with disabilities may help all readers create meaning in life and become resilient.

Rich in personal detail, yet strong in its presentation of academic literature and other non-fiction works related to resilience, this volume will appeal to a wide variety of readers, from people who wonder about the meaning of life, to the parents of children with disabilities and organizations that deliver services to them, to students and professors in the fields of psychology, education, social work and occupational therapy.

Gray Elliott has given up on love after the death of his fiancee and has plunged himself into his new role as the multimillionaire CEO of Elliott Enterprises after his father and his father's long time personal assistant retired. Penny Logan needs to spread her wings and soar after graduating from Vermont University, so after finding a job listing for a personal assistant at the local job fair. Penny gathers her one page resume and bravely applied for the position at Elliott Enterprises. However Penny had no idea the day she walked into the impressive Elliott Enterprise building would be the day that her life would change in so many ways. Working on a merger between Elliott Enterprises and Scottsdale Holdings became more than a business merger, it became a merger between a broken heart and young love. But will the board room shatter the merger between Gray and Penny when greed and revenge consumes the deal? Will Gray ever love again? Will he close himself off to the one person who he thought would stand by him? Can Penny find her way back to the man she loves or will she lose the one thing in her life that she can't live without? Can a merger of love withstand a financial merger?