pt. 1. Trauma, hospitalization, and rehabilitation -- 1. Into the wilderness : trauma and hospitalization -- 2. Lost and searching : rehabilitation -- 3. Reading the map : adjustment -- pt. 2. The challenges of readjustment -- 4. Going home : old territory in a new light -- 5. Focus on the family -- 6. Lovers' lane : dating, coupling, and sexuality -- 7. Life goes on : independent living -- pt. 3. Successful living with spinal cord injury -- 8. The next frontier : spinal cord injury research -- 9. The journey continues : finding yourself -- 10. Concluding thoughts.