Rehabilitation of people with disability from the perspective of positive psychology

Throughout history, problems of disability and rehabilitation were considered mainly in the context of pathology. However, at the end of the twentieth century, positive psychology was officially formed. It focuses on the positive sides of psycho-social human functioning. The science of happiness and human strength captures the problems of rehabilitation in terms of systemic theories; more specifically, in the context of a self-organizing system (autopoietic). In the process of maintaining the self-organization of a system, movement and speech have a special role. This has clear implications for rehabilitation, including therapies aimed at posttraumatic growth. Emphasized by positive psychology, the potential of human resilience e.g., self-determination, has made it possible to supplement the traditional approach to rehabilitation by supporting beneficial processes and positive aspects of psycho-social development and functioning of people with disabilities.