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Opportunities for people with disability to join teams and play sports 

Being a part of a club or community group contributes to mental well-being as well as physical and emotional development. Participation in sport and recreation is something that everyone can do. Thanks to the work of not-for-profits in South Australia, people with disability are included and encouraged to join teams and play sports and gain health and social benefits. Find out more from these organisations: 

  • Inclusive Sport SA (formerly Sasrapid) is South Australia’s leading advocacy body representing people who are disabled, disengaged or marginalised and who want to participate in community sport. Inclusive Sport is supported by Port Adelaide Football Club which is the inaugural Inclusive Sport SA Community Club Ambassador.
  • Blind Sport SA assists blind and vision impaired sports people to participate in recreational or competitive sporting activities at state, national and international level. Clubs include athletics, cricket, goalball, lawn bowls, indoor bowls, judo, powerlifting, swimming, tandem cycling, ten-pin bowling, track and field and waterskiing.
  • Deaf Community & Sports & Recreation Association of SA Inc. helps Deaf and hard of hearing people to take up sport and recreation activities.
  • Special Olympics SA brings sport and competition to children and adults with an intellectual disability giving them opportunities to achieve their personal best on and off the sporting field.

For more information click here: https://sacommunity.org/node/289

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