Program Overview

The Living Well with a Disability workshop introduces participants to a process for setting and clarifying their goals and teaches them to generate, implement, and monitor solutions to problems. Goal setting and problem solving is the framework for developing healthy lifestyles and linking health with function. Living Well with a Disability puts quality of life issues at the forefront and teaches participants to:

  • Link health to quality of life
  • Set goals and solve problems
  • Manage frustration and discouragement
  • Seek information
  • Develop and maintain healthy relationships
  • Eat well and be physically active
  • Advocate for themselves and for systems change
  • Maintain healthy lifestyle changes