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Less than 2 per cent of the 19 per cent of people with disabilities participate in regular organised sport. The key to increasing participation lies in educating the sports community and people with disabilities about the opportunities available to participate in sport and physical activity.

The perception that disability sport is separate from mainstream sport is changing. People with disabilities have the same sporting and physical activity requirements as everyone else. This includes good coaching, easy access to facilities, peer support, transparent sport pathways, good competition opportunities and efficient administrative systems that support equal opportunities for all.

This trend has been as a result of a solid campaign of public education, encouragement of disabled people to participate in sport, making modifications to sports equipment, rules and facilities to enable disabled people to experience the same thrills and excitement that sport brings to their able bodied counterparts.