Halftitle -- Author -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword Arthur E. Dell Orto -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ILLNESS AND DISABILITY -- 1. History of Treatment Toward Persons With Disabilities in America -- 2. On the Origins of Negative Attitudes Toward People With Disabilities -- 3. History of Treatment Toward Persons With Psychiatric Disabilities -- 4. Social Work Practice With People With Disabilities in the Era of Disability Rights -- 5. Models of Disability: Implications for the Counseling Profession -- 6. Changes in Attitudes Toward People With Handicaps -- Personal Perspective: Coping With a Journey Toward Recovery: From the Inside Out -- PART II THE PERSONAL IMPACT OF DISABILITY -- 7. Psychological Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability: A Primer for Counselors -- 8. Objective Self-Awareness and Stigma: Implications for Persons With Visible Disabilities -- 9. Psychosocial Disparities Faced by Women With Physical Disabilities -- 10. Sexuality and Spinal Cord Injury Counseling Implications -- 11. Cross-Cultural Counseling Issues of Males Who Sustain a Disability -- 12. Psychiatric and Psychological Issues in Survivors of Major Disasters -- 13. Quality of Life and Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Acquired Disability: A Conceptual and Theoretical Synthesis -- Personal Perspective:Using Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy Techniques to Cope With Disability -- PART III FAMILY ISSUES IN ILLNESS AND DISABILITY -- 14. My Child is Not My Carer: Mothers With Physical Disabilities and the Well-Being of Children -- 15. Parenting a Child With a Chronic Medical Condition -- 16. In the Midst of a Hurricane: A Case Study of a Couple Living With AIDS -- 17. Parental Illness, Family Functioning, and Adolescent Well-Being: A Family Ecology Framework to Guide Research.

18. My Life With Muscular Dystrophy: Lessons and Opportunities -- Personal Perspective:Dealing With Spina Bifida: A Mother's Perspective -- PART IV INTERVENTIONS AND RESOURCES -- 19. Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders -- 20. Working With Trauma-Related Mental Health Problems Among Combat Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts -- 21. Users of Assistive Technology: The Human Component -- 22. Dance of Disability and Spirituality -- 23. Rehabilitation Professionals and Abuse of Women Consumers -- Personal Perspective: Recovery and the Rehabilitation Process: A Personal Journey -- PART V NEW DIRECTIONS: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES -- 24. Positive Psychology, Wellness, and Post-Traumatic Growth Implications for Rehabilitation Counselor Education -- 25. Successful Aging: A Disability Perspective -- 26. An International Conceptualization of Disability: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health -- 27. Psychosocial Impact of Empathy Fatigue on Professional Helpers -- 28. Obesity as a Disability: Medical, Psychosocial, and Vocational Implications -- 29. Eugenics, Euthanasia, and Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Overview for Rehabilitation Professionals -- 30. Mental Health Preparedness for Terrorist Incidents -- 31. Key Concepts and Techniques for an Aging Workforce -- 32. Reflections and Considerations -- Part A: Reflections on the View From Here -- Part B: Reflections -- Personal Perspective: Life's Lessons Taught to Me by My Disability -- APPENDIX A: PERSPECTIVE EXERCISES -- Perspective Exercise 1 -- Common Pain, Mutual Support -- Perspective Exercise 2 -- Who Needs This Kind of Help? -- Perspective Exercise 3 -- Is the Person With a Disability More Important Than the Family? -- Perspective Exercise 4 -- Enough is Enough -- Perspective Exercise 5 -- Fragile: Handle With Care -- Perspective Exercise 6.

I Am in Love With a Stranger -- APPENDIX B: PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES -- Chris and His Mother: Hope and Home -- Karen-My Daughter Forever -- Living in Spite of Multiple Sclerosis -- Surviving Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Daughter's Perspective -- My Life With a Disability: Continued Opportunities -- For Better or for Worse -- Experiencing Sexuality as an Adolescent With Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Index -- Back cover.