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Kick start National Carers Week with Carers Victoria

National Carers Week, celebrated from 10-16 October 2021, is a time for all Australians to recognise and celebrate the important contributions the 2.6

Future Healthy: It’s time to gather stories and ideas and we need your help

Future Healthy is our vision for a Victoria where no young person is denied a future that is healthy – regardless of their postcode, bank balance or b

Access for All Abilities Play New Website Launch

Access for All Abilities (AAA Play) specialises in connecting people with disability to sporting opportunities. Most of our connecting is done onl

Paralympics Australia athletes to benefit from ground-breaking sporting research network

Paralympics Australia and key Queensland-based sporting and research bodies signed an agreement in Brisbane that it is hoped will take the country’s P

AUSTRALIAN GLIDERS NAMED FOR TOKYO PARALYMPIC TEAM.

Almost a decade after achieving a Silver medal status at the 2012 London Paralympics, the final 12-strong Australian Gliders squad headed for Tokyo ha

Paralympics Australia to send biggest Para-Archery team since Sydney 2000 to Tokyo 2020

For the first time since Sydney 2000 the Australian Paralympic team is made up of four Archers, this comes as Paralympics Australia today announced th

The Australian Sailing Team

Sailing started to attract sailors with a disability in the 1980s and the first international sailing competition for athletes with a disability was h

Support Your Victorians In The Games Via A Message Of Support

To celebrate our Victorian athletes competing in the 2020 Paralympic Games, Disability Sport & Recreation is creating a video they want YOU to be

Launch of The National Sport, Recreation and Play Innovation Awards

The National Sports & Physical Activity Convention 2021 (NSC21) plays host to the Australian Sport, Recreation and Play Innovation Awards which re

2021 Amazon Sports Star Awards - NOMINATIONS OPEN NOW

The Amazon Sports Star Awards is an iconic celebration of the region’s most outstanding sporting achievements, including success shared by our vibrant

Adaptive Mountain Biking Working Group Seeking Members

Lake Mountain Alpine Resort and Break the Boundary have been working to increase opportunities for people with a disability to participate in adaptive

Vics Inch Closer to Making Paralympic History in Tokyo

Disability Sport & Recreation (DSR) is proud to share that Paralympics Australia has selected six athletes from its Wheelchair Rugby Victoria prog

Disability Pride Month

As Disability Pride Month comes to an end this is a great time to reflect on the positive changes we’ve all made over the years.  PWDA has a v

2021 Disability Sport and Recreation Awards

The annual Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards recognise the accomplishments of people with disability; those who support them and t

National Awards for Disability Leadership 2021

The National Awards for Disability Leadership recognise and celebrate the extraordinary contribution and leadership shown by disabled people and our o

Meet Faye

Faye is a 77-year-old retired teacher who lives with her dog in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. She first started Living Longer Living Stronger around

Sport Access Foundation recipients debut for Tokyo Paralympics

Three young para-athletes who received early-career grants from Sport Access Foundation (SAF) have now qualified for their first Australian

Master of Disability Practice

Enrolment is now open for semester two into LiDs Master of Disability Practice course. This fully online course is designed and taught

Online learning can be hard for students with disabilities: how to help

Because of the COVID-19 shutdown and switch to online learning, students at the University of South Africa were unable to obtain printed learning mate

Disability support gateway launched

Australians living with a disability are being encouraged to use a new, national gateway aimed at connecting them with trusted information and service

Lots of Socks design competition

Each year in Australia we run the Lots of Socks campaign. This year we want you involved in creating a design that will be used for 2022 and 2023.

LGBTIQA+ inclusive leadership unit

Proud 2 Play, with support from VicHealth, are running a half-day workshop on Wednesday 28 July and Thursday 29 July to help prepare th

AAA Ambassador, Sonny, gets his move on

AAA Ambassador Sonny has been selected to support the Victorian Government Get Your Move on Campaign to help motivate more kids to get active. So

You are invited to participate in the Sport and Recreation Victoria AAA review

Sport and Recreation Victoria (SRV) has engaged the Centre for Sport and Social Impact (CSSI) from La Trobe University to undertake a review