The purpose of this study is to investigate therapeutic factors and the effects of the art therapy on the
disability acceptance of a man with a non-congenital-spinal injury. For this study, ten sessions of art
therapy were executed once a week for 90 minutes from April 23 to June 28, 2013 with a 40-year-old man
who was diagnosed(in first grade) as physically disabled after suffering a non-congenital-spinal injury in G
city. The analysis results of art works which were made during the art therapy process - as well as
recordings mode during therapy process through the categorization by Miles and Huberman's network and
metrics - are as follows: First, as to the non-congenital-spinal injured man’s impeding factors of
disability acceptance, there arose the following three upper categories: “inferiority complex by the physical
deformity,” “psychological discomfort,” and “negative thought to self.” Second, as to the therapeutic factors,
there arose three upper categories: “therapist factors,” “participant factors,” and “art therapy and media
intervention.” Third, as to the art therapy effect on the non-congenital-spinal injured man’s disability
acceptance, there arose three upper categories: “self-acceptance,” “actuality adaptation,” and “complacency
about life.” From the positive changes in the disability acceptance of the object of the study, this study has
shown that the art therapy is effective on the non-congenital-spinal injured man’s disability acceptance.