Abstract
Acquiring a disability can result in major changes in an adult’s life. According to the Cultural-Historic Psychology, the individual development will continue to occur, taking into account his objective conditions. To explore how this development occurs and the role of Psychology towards the subjects who acquire a disability, this paper aims to analyze the book “The man with a shattered world,” of A. R. Luria, that tells the story of an adult who suffered a brain injury. The book will be discussed based on Luria’s theoretical premisses, and on others authors of the same theoretical approach, like Vigotski and Leontiev.
disability; acquired disability; adult development