Sport and Persons with Disability
PARTICIPATION - 2018 to 2022
- Australian Capital Territory - 14,000 (30%)
- New South Wales - 255,000 (26%)
- Northern Territory - 15,000 (46%)
- Queensland - 170,000 (24%)
- South Australia - 54,000 (21%)
- Tasmania - 21,000 (24%)
- Victoria - 203,000 (25%)
- Western Australia - 97,000 (28%)
TOPIC FOCUS
- People with disability in Australia, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, (updated 5 July 2022).
- Adaptive sports for promoting physical activity in community-dwelling adults with stroke: A feasibility study, Pradeepa Nayak, Amreen Mahmood, Senthil Kumaran, et al., Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, Volume 28, pp.341-347, (October 2021).
- Sport participation after the HandbikeBattle: benefits, barriers, facilitators from the event—a follow-up survey, Sonja de Groot, Ingrid Kouwijzer, Linda Valent, et al., Spinal Cord Series and Cases, Volume 6, Article number: 54, (June 2020).
- Parents’ Perspectives on Adaptive Sports in Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities, Marion Neyroud, Christopher Newman, children, Volume 8(9), (September 2021).
- Exploring Direct and Indirect Associations of Exercise and Sport Participation with Employment among Individuals with Disabilities: A Scoping Review, Azar Varahra, Hiba Ahmed, Sally Lindsay, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Volume 32, pp.44-54, (2022).
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Australian Government, (latest version: 24 October 2023).
- AusPlay Data Portal: Sport-related participation – frequency of participation, Australian Sports Commission, (accessed 29 June 2023)
- AusPlay Data Portal: Sport-related participation – non-playing roles, Australian Sports Commission, (accessed 29 June 2023)
- AusPlay Data Portal: Participation by activity, Australian Sports Commission, (accessed 29 June 2023)
Evaluated by:
Australian Sporting Alliance for People with Disability (ASAPD), (March 2022)
Reviewed by: Australasian Sport Information Network
Last updated: 09 March 2022
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