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Despite his cerebral palsy, Alan Jones has overcome many obstacles in life. As a senior systems analyst at a Fortune-500 company, he makes a great living and owns a generous condo in West Hills.

Alan's attendant Selena Harris lives with Alan but occupies the other bedroom. Despite their chemistry, Alan doesn't believe a woman like Selena would ever be with a man like him.

Meanwhile, Catherine O'Malley has also vanquished many obstacles of cerebral palsy. She's a corporate attorney who defines herself by her career success, but she's starting to have mixed feelings about representing the faceless corporations who ruin innocent lives. Desperate to escape her guilt, she finds herself tempted by a male coworker's intense gaze.

At Catherine's side through her conquests is the pretty and supportive Nicole, who listens to Catherine with a conflicted heart.

In these layered and thoughtful love stories, Aan and Catherine must overcome their imagined obstacles to realize that true love has no limits.

Redefining Normal is a coming-of-age story with a twist. There was a time when all disabled children were placed in special schools. The disabled schools that our main character―Alan Jones―attended didn't pretend to offer anything resembling synaptic stimulation. These schools would never be mistaken for real schools in the academic sense. They were glorified babysitting centers. As time passed, Alan and mom became increasingly frustrated. These schools repeated the same third-grade lesson plan year after year. Finally, his mom convinced the school's psychiatrist to give him a variety of tests to determine if Alan was worthy of a competitive education at regular schools. At every stage of this process, hurdles were put in his path. Sometimes the very people who ran academic institutions were closed-minded bigots. Time and again, Alan had to fight the same battle against different foes. Meanwhile, after each skirmish, this shy, over-apologetic boy had to decide whether to stay in his shell and accept his fate or become assertive and learn how to self-advocate.