Hello Guita

This might be of interest - two of the authors are ResearchGate members:

White, B., Driver, S., & Warren, A. M. (2008). Considering resilience in the rehabilitation of people with traumatic disabilities. Rehabilitation Psychology, 53(1), 9-17.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ann_Marie_Warren/publication/232591541_Considering_resilience_in_the_rehabilitation_of_people_with_traumatic_disabilities/links/00b7d53c9792e89a5e000000.pdf

One of the authors of this paper is a ResearchGate member:

Nunnerley, J. L., Hay-Smith, E. J. C., & Dean, S. G. (2013). Leaving a spinal unit and returning to the wider community: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 35(14), 1164-1173.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jo_Nunnerley/publication/232085410_Leaving_a_spinal_unit_and_returning_to_the_wider_community_an_interpretative_phenomenological_analysis/links/53f65b1d0cf2888a749426e7.pdf

These papers discuss positive aspects:

Locock, L., & Brown, J. B. (2010). ‘All in the same boat’? Patient and carer attitudes to peer support and social comparison in Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Social Science & Medicine, 71(8), 1498-1505.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953610005757

Kortte, K. B., Stevenson, J. E., Hosey, M. M., Castillo, R., & Wegener, S. T. (2012). Hope predicts positive functional role outcomes in acute rehabilitation populations. Rehabilitation Psychology, 57(3), 248-255.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22946612

These book chapters are available on Google:

Elliott, T. R., & Kurylo, M. (2000). Hope over Acquired Disability: Lessons of a Young Woman’s Triumph. Handbook of hope: Theory, measures, and applications. Ch 20, p.373.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2KHRRaqqxTMC&oi=fnd&pg=PA373&dq=hope+and+positive+psychology+in+motor+disabled+people+mobility&ots=4C2gQLZLvP&sig=NZLPBns-3o-PrwqILeY0xhLNMBI#v=onepage&q&f=false

Dunn, D. S., Uswatte, G., Elliott, T. R., Lastres, A., & Beard, B. (2013). 26 A Positive Psychology Of Physical Disability: Principles and Progress. The Oxford handbook of positive psychology and disability. Ch 26 p.427.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ESyRAAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA427&dq=hope+and+positive+psychology+in+motor+disabled+people+mobility&ots=YS7UYenAII&sig=UgwSox9Ksh_8uBlwUgNRTwS3dDc#v=onepage&q&f=false

I hope these will be relevant

Very best wishes

Mary

Article Considering Resilience in the Rehabilitation of People With ...

Article Leaving a spinal unit and returning to the wider community: ...

Thanks a lot

I have used some of the principle of Martin Seligman when investigating barriers and enabler to participation in daily activities amongst older adults following hospitalisation.  There are many references within this article as well.   

Pritchard E, Warren N, Barker A, Brown T, Haines T. Personal life approach: An interactive way of understanding older adults’ participation in activities following hospitalisation. The Gerontologist 02/2015; online(February):1-11. DOI:10.1093/geront/gnu115

Regards

Elizabeth