Recreation, fitness, sport and leisure
- Access to Recreation
- Innovative equipment for a wide range of recreational activities, including beach access, travel, golf, gardening, water sports and more.
- Achievable Concepts
- Adapted recreation and sporting equipment for people with disabilities and the aged.
- Alternative Cycles wheelchair cycle
- The wheelchair cycle is a customised device connecting the person's manual wheelchair to a front-wheel drive recumbent bicycle. The addition of an electric hub motor enables the cycle to be used on steep hills and eliminates rider fatigue.
- Ausport
- Ausport’s Active Australia initiative is about encouraging all Australians to be physically active and play more sport. The web site includes lots of publications with ideas and resources for coaching and opening doors to people with disabilities.
- Challenged America
- Free adaptive sailing programs for people with disabilities, sports and recreational therapists and rehabilitation professionals.
- CPASRF
- Cerebral Palsy - Australian Sport and Recreation Federation has a classification system specifically for athletes with cerebral palsy and offers a competitive sports programme which includes many Paralympic Sports.
- CraftBits
- Free craft and activity projects for therapy and group activities.
- Deaf Divers
- Dive groups that use a wide range of communication methods to ensure that everyone can understand and participate e.g. BSL, ASL, lip-speaking, gestures and fingerspelling. The aim is to accommodate everyone, whatever their communication needs are!
- Disabled WinterSport Australia
- Disabled WinterSport Australia is a multi-facetted, self help sporting organisation established to provide opportunities for people with disabilities to ski and experience Australia's beautiful winter playgrounds with their fellow skiers.
- DIRC Leisure Directory
- A comprehensive online directory of leisure, sports and arts groups and activities for South Australian's with a disability.
- eGullet
- A cooking web site with information about cooking with disabilities. The site includes a variety of articles about cooking with a disability (suggestions and solutions to frequently asked questions) as well as information about diet and sensory consideration when cooking for a person with a diability.
- Free Online Library
- A comprehensive guide to free online books.
- Handicapped Scuba Association International
- HCA is a leading authority on recreational diving for people with disabilities. They operate as an independent diver training and certification agency offering a range of educational and rehabilitation programs worldwide, as well as an accessible dive vacations service.
- Flying School for People with Disabilities (Polo Flats NSW)
- The airfield at Polo Flats (near Comma) has been established as a flying centre for people with disabilites. The Airfield is surrounded by ideal open country for flying training and there are no competing commercial aircraft operations. Accessible accommodation is provided onsite.
- International Foundation for Disabled Sailing
- This site has been set up to share information about disabled sailing.
- Louise Sauvage - My Story
- Louise Sauvage is one of the great Australian athletes of modern times. The stories of her athletic triumphs, on track and road, are told in her book. They include Olympic gold, Paralympic gold, World Championship gold and her attempts to win the Boston Marathon against America's Jean Driscoll. The book tells of the highs and lows, the achievements and controversies surrounding these events.
- Martial Arts - Ki Do Kwan
- Robert Ott is completely blind and currently a Martial arts instructor as well as a motivational guest speaker. His web site, certainvictory.com shares his story and is user friendly with JAWS.
- NSW Sport and Recreation Department
- The department's web site caters to all levels of physical and intellectual disabilities in their activities and programs, as well as publications like the Active and Able newsletter.
- NSW Wheelchair Sports Association
- A non-profit organisation dedicated to giving wheelchair athletes a range of services and competition worldwide for its members.
- Para Kart
- ParaKart racing is a motor sports using hand controls - ParaKart competitions are held annually attracting drivers with disabilities from all over Europe.
- Riding for the Disabled Association of Australia
- Provides riding instruction and other activities associated with riding and harness driving for people with a wide range of disabilities.
- Sailability
- An organisation facilitating sailing for everyone, regardless of age or ability.
- Sailing - Ahoy there, look, no hands
- Judith Geppert has cerebral palsy and uses an electric wheelchair for mobility. In this article she talks about the "exhilarating freedom" she experiences from sailing and her participation in the National Access Dinghy Championships.
- Scuba Necessities
- Supplier of scuba gear and supporter of scuba divers with a disability. The company can also provide modified equipment on special order for people with disabilities.
- SKII-MEE (Queensland)
- Skii-Mee caters for many people with disabilities and provides the opportunity to discover the thrill and excitement of water skiing.
- Skydiving - The Sky is the Limit
- Judith Geppert is an adventurer with a disability, her goal on her 44th birthday was to go tandem skydiving - this is her story.
- Special Olympics Australia
- Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with an intellectual disability, regardless of their skill level. Local branches include the Special Olympics Sydney Northern Region
- Tai Chi for Arthritis
- Tai Chi for Arthritis is a program designed by Dr Paul Lam for people with arthritis, supported by many arthritis foundations.
- Tempo Tricycles
- An innovative Australian cycle manufacturer with a wide range of tricycles suitable for children and adults with disability, including adapted and hands free models.
- Victorian Waterskier’s Association
- Offers competitive and recreational skiing for people with disabilities, by organising training and coaching of skiers as well as running Disabled Waterski Tournaments.
- Wheelchair sports videos collection online
- The Wheelchair website features an extensive collection of free wheelchair sports videos covering a diverse range of wheelchair sports and interviews with top wheelchair athletes.
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