Continuing to Live Well with a Disability
Sometimes more is better!

Continuing to Live Well with a Disability is a refresher course for people who have completed Living Well with a Disability. Once a month for four months, people meet for 2-hour sessions. Throughout the course, they are encouraged to support each other and to stay in touch once the sessions have ended.

Who can attend?
Anyone who has taken part in the Living Well with a Disability program is eligible for this course. Because we are still testing it, some program sites offer this course, and others do not. Check the calendar of classes to see if Continuing to Live Well is offered near you.

What does Continuing to Live Well cover?

• Improving your quality of life
  What is quality of life?
  Does your disability affect the quality of your life?
  Improve the quality of your life by reviewing your goals and taking action!

• Promoting healthy lifestyles
  Health and wellness screening checklist
  Plan your wellness care
  Educate your health care providers
  Take control of your personal habits

• Being safe
  Safety and informed choice
  General safety tips> Develop a safety plan
  Prepare for emergencies
  Deal with crime and violence
  Be free of abuse and neglect.

• Self-esteem and disability pride
  Tools to improve self-esteem
  Rate your self-esteem
  Role models who have disabilities
  Move from fear and isolation to disability pride and empowerment!

This course was developed by Disability Policy Consultant Cherie Clark
through the University of Iowa Center for Disabilities and Development