Disability Sports Australia

Disability Sports Australia Participation doesn't happen by chance. We build the capability of sport so people with disability can take part across Australia.
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08/24/2026

Earlier this year, Abilities Unleashed joined Sporting Schools.

This week, David from the Australian Sports Commission’s Sporting Schools team joined us in Kensington to see the program in action with students from Rosamond Specialist School.

Basketball, badminton, golf, adaptive bikes and plenty of different ways to take part in sport.

His message to teachers is simple: register for Sporting Schools and see what opportunities are available for your students with disability.

The more schools use those opportunities, the more students with disability get to take part in sport.

Australian Sports Commission | Sporting Schools

08/24/2026

Six years to go until Brisbane 2032. 💚💛

But disability sport is bigger than the Paralympic program.
Powerchair football is built for people who use powerchairs.

The chair isn’t something to work around. It is part of the game. ⚽️

Luke David and Shaun Mott from Melbourne City Powerchair Football joined us at Abilities Unleashed in Hume, giving young people the chance to try the sport for themselves.

And in around eight weeks, they’ll be in Argentina representing Australia with the Poweroos at the 2026 FIPFA Powerchair Football World Cup. 🇦🇺

A pretty good reminder of what the next six years should also be about.

More people with disability able to take part in the sport they choose, whether it’s on the Paralympic program or not.

Six years to go until Brisbane 2032. 💚💛A milestone worth celebrating, and a huge opportunity for Australian sport.Over t...
08/23/2026

Six years to go until Brisbane 2032. 💚💛

A milestone worth celebrating, and a huge opportunity for Australian sport.

Over the next six years, we have the chance to make sport more accessible and create more opportunities for people with disability to take part in their own communities, in the way they choose.

For some, that might mean high performance. For many others, it will mean finding a sport they enjoy, building connections and feeling like they belong.

Plenty to build towards over the next six years.

Australian Sports Commission | Brisbane 2032 | AUSParalympics

08/22/2026

“They probably would never know these sports exist.”

At our Abilities Unleashed Kids event in Hume, we caught up with Lucy, a physiotherapist from Glenroy Specialist School.

Lucy shares why the school prioritised students with higher physical support needs, as well as students from refugee and non-English-speaking backgrounds, and the role physiotherapists can play in connecting young people with sport.

For some, that meant trying sports they may never otherwise have come across and meeting some of the Melbourne City Powerchair Football players along the way.

Watch below. 👇

08/21/2026

Get everyone involved. Have fun. Let people take part in whatever way works for them.

Yesterday at Abilities Unleashed in Hume, La Trobe University student Jasmine joined us as a volunteer and jumped in to help with badminton.

She loved seeing everyone have a go in their own way.

And as a student, there was another takeaway: organisations can do this well when people are given what they need to take part.

Thanks, Jasmine. ❤️

08/21/2026

Finals mode: ON. 🏀🔥

Stella’s got double the reason to be excited this weekend, with the WNWBL Finals getting underway in Melbourne.

The Victoria Wonders head in second on the ladder, while the Red Dust Heelers sit third. 👀

Good luck to Stella and all our friends at Wheelchair Basketball Australia for a huge weekend of wheelchair basketball! 💪

Red Dust Heelers | vicwondersmarvels | PlayOn

08/20/2026

Puffing Billy | Every child should get to experience this 🚂

Today we caught up with Ella from the Royal Children’s Charity as around 800 children and families enjoyed a day at Puffing Billy.

For many, it’s their first time aboard.

Ella shares why days like this matter, and why making these experiences accessible to more families is so important.

We’re delighted to be part of the day, with a little footy thanks to our friends at AFL Victoria.

Watch below. 👇

08/18/2026

People with disability have a right to access sport.

After everything that’s happened over the past few days, consider this our reminder.

For most people with disability, sport isn’t about a podium.

It’s about the everyday things many of us take for granted. Being able to join in. Find something you enjoy. Have somewhere local to take part. And choose how you do it.

Participation does not happen by chance.

But it should always start with choice.

Every Body Moves is coming to communities across Australia. 💚A new national series bringing people with and without disa...
08/17/2026

Every Body Moves is coming to communities across Australia. 💚

A new national series bringing people with and without disability together to try sport, get active and connect with local opportunities.

Come with your family, friends, siblings or support network and give something new a go.

📍 West Adelaide
📍 Brisbane
📍 Adelaide
📍 Melbourne – School Holidays
📍 Liverpool
📍 Blacktown
📍 Gold Coast
📍 Melbourne – Parkville

Every Body Moves is presented by Bupa through its Healthy Cities initiative, supported by the Australian Sports Commission and delivered with our local event partners.

All events are free.

Find your local event and register : https://collections.humanitix.com/bupa-everybody-moves 💚

Two weeks ago, University of Newcastle FC brought its community together for the inaugural Callaghan Cup.They sold raffl...
08/17/2026

Two weeks ago, University of Newcastle FC brought its community together for the inaugural Callaghan Cup.

They sold raffle tickets, auctioned specially designed jerseys, brought businesses on board, rallied volunteers and turned a day of football into $9,751 for Disability Sports Australia.

They worked out that was enough to create 216 opportunities for people with disability to take part in sport.

Since then, we’ve been in Port Adelaide, Fairfield and the Hills, with 310 people with disability taking part through our programs.

That’s what we do every day. Help people with disability find a sport they might love and take part in their own community.

And we’re only two weeks on.

To everyone at University of Newcastle FC, Northumberland United and everyone who got behind the Callaghan Cup, thank you. 💚

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