Active Abilities Series
Published Thu 11 Jun 2020
Active Abilities Series - By People with a Disability, For People with a Disability
Sport NSW is delighted to announce the launch of the Active Abilities Series – by people with a disability, for people with a disability.
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Murray Elbourn, Disability Inclusion Manager at Sport NSW, identified the scarcity of specific online exercise content for people with a disability – despite the increasing options for able-bodied people.
Sport NSW collaborated with Rachelle Sultana, Head Exercise Physiologist at Healthstin, eight incredible NSW and Australian representative athletes from across the physical, sensory and intellectual disability spectrum, and the team from Hustle Media to create workout sessions for people with disabilities.
The inaugural Program in the Disability Workout Series, Exercising at Home is now available. Please click here for access to all sessions.
The Program features three levels: 10-minute introductory, 15-minute intermediate and 30-minute sport participant exercises that are designed for the following specific disabilities:
- Low Vision to Blindness
- Hard of Hearing to Deafness
- Autism
- Cerebral Palsy
- Quadriplegia
- Paraplegia
- Down Syndrome
- Acquired Brain Injury
“Exercising at Home sessions are specifically designed for each disability type at different levels of fitness and hosted by an athlete representing that disability. This will encourage greater participation and build awareness around the limited options currently available,” said Mr Elbourn.
The Series will be promoted to NDIS Delivery Organisations, combined with disability spectrum training to health, education, NSW Government, sport and community providers.
Ms Sultana commented, “There is an exciting opportunity to create future programs. For example, social boot camps combining physical workouts and social capacity building to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of participants.”
The Program will be available online via the Sport NSW website (sportnsw.com.au) and distributed to all NDIS Local Area Coordination teams to assist NDIS planning discussions and engage greater participation across community sport and active recreation programs.
For further information, please contact:
Murray Elbourn - Sport NSW Disability Inclusion Manager
M: 0427 186 734
E: inclusion@sportnsw.com.au
