Trying to position the resilience concept in a mental retardation intervention philosophy can seem at first an odd objective because we often do not recognize to these individuals the capacity to face the challenges of their integration or social participation. Seeing resilience as a process instead of an ability allows this concept in the mental retardation network through three particular meanings : historical, theoretical and clinical. The clinical adaptation of the Disability Creation Process model helps a daily understanding of the interactions between the risks and the protection factors that put the person with mental disabilities in a situation vulnerability or resilience.