Overcoming Obstacles: When One Door Closes, Another One Opens is the autobiography of a physically challenged African American male and the experiences he endured. He was adopted by a large Caucasian family. Together, they discovered through a variety of experiences that in life, there are many obstacles for a disabled person. They taught him that love is color-blind and that having a disability doesn't define who you are. The love they give him has turned him into a positive and independent man.