Living Well project
Peer informed and peer delivered
The Living Well project seeks to build on practice that is informed and delivered by people with lived experience of spinal cord injury or a similar disability.
People can benefit from:
- targeted strength and skill building programs, facilitated by Trainers and Group Leaders and delivered via co-designed courses;
- capacity building as Trainers or Group Leaders;
- contributing to design, planning and coordination via a Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP).
Activities founded on goal-setting, strength identification and skills building are delivered in the participant's community, and are designed to enhance their capacity to live well and fully.
The Living Well project has been developed with assistance from an Individual Capacity Building grant, delivered by the National Disability Insurance Agency under its Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Program.
Skills for Independence residential course
Skills for Independence is a multi-day residential course aimed at building your capacity to act effectively in a range of settings. Participants tailor the curriculum to their needs and goals of the moment, choosing to work on key topics such as mobility skills, negotiating holiday accommodation, goal-setting, pain management, body image, and intimacy. The topics are developed and led by people with lived experience of spinal cord injury or similar disability, and the residential settings brings the opportunity to share experiences, hints and tips with others.
This course is delivered in partnership with Skills for Independence as a component of AQA's Living Well project.
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AQA is a quality accredited and registered service provider with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the Transport Accident Commission (TAC).
