Written by authors who have dealt with their own disabilities across decades, this book empowers people with disabilities to better navigate their challenges and provides great insight and help for those who live with, work with, and care for people with disabilities.

* Includes many illustrative vignettes from the authors' own lives and those of people for whom they have served as counselors, advocates, or professors

* Includes attention to both physical and psychological disabilities

* Provides an appendix that lists further resources, organizations, agencies, and support groups that can provide direction and assistance