Character Strengths and Abilities Within Disabilities

Section 1. Foundations for Character Strengths and Disabilities.- Chapter 1. Introduction to Strengths-Based Approaches and Disability.- Chapter 2: Ability, Well-Being, and Resilience in Individuals with Disabilities.- Sections 2. Character Strengths for Specific Disabilities.- Chapter 3: Intellectual Developmental Disorder and Character Strengths.- Chapter 4: Dual Diagnosis and Character Strengths.- Chapter 5: Trauma, Disabilities, and Character Strengths.- Chapter 6. Psychological Disorders and Character Strengths.- Chapter 7: Physical Disabilities, and Character Strengths.- Chapter 8: Medical Disorders, Health, and Character Strengths.- Section 3. Special Topics and Character Strengths.- Chapter 9: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) and Intellectual Developmental Disorder.- Chapter 10: Spirituality, Meaning, and Intellectual Developmental Disorder.

Ryan M. Niemiec, Psy.D. is a leading international figure in character strengths that are found in all human beings. As a scientist, educator, and practitioner, Ryan is Chief Science & Education Officer of the renown VIA Institute on Character, a nonprofit organization in Cincinnati, Ohio, that leads the global advancement of the science of character strengths. Ryan is an award-winning psychologist, annual instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of 14 books and over 100 academic papers. His books include the bestselling consumer book, The Power of Character Strengths and two leading practitioner - Character Strengths Interventions and Mindfulness and Character Strengths. The latter book contains the evidenced-based program he founded, Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP), used by practitioners and researchers across the globe. Ryan collaborates with multiple research groups across the globe, spanning hundreds of thousands of participants. His research areas include character strengths, MBSP, positive interventions, peace psychology, nature/environment connection, spirituality, life meaning, disability, and positive health. He is Fellow of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) and co-founder and president of the Spirituality/Meaning Division of IPPA.

Dan Tomasulo, Ph.D., is the Academic Director and core faculty member at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology, an MFA in writing, and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He has also been a teaching fellow at Princeton University. Sharecare honors Dr. Tomasulo as one of the top ten online influencers on the issue of depression. His most recent book, Learned Hopefulness, The Power of Positivity To Overcome Depression, is hailed as: "...the perfect recipe for fulfillment, joy, peace, andexpansion of awareness",