Sports inclusion for Indigenous people with a disability, particularly women

Resources for sport organisations to improve access to sport for people with disability, in particular people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island backgrounds. Key resources include:

Winyarr Ganbina – Women Arise: Insights to create inclusive communities for people with disability (video)
Outback Academy Australia – Red Dust Heelers: Checklist for an Inclusive Community Sports Organisation

This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

Winyarr Ganbina – Women Arise

Insights to create inclusive communities for people with disability

Compilation of stories by Indigenous women

Watch our compilation of stories, and hear individual stories following. Find out what your school or sport organisation can do to attract and retain Indigenous women in sport.

For the first time in Australia, Victoria University in partnership with Outback Academy Australia and Paralympics Australia have recorded the experiences of Indigenous women with a disability who play sport.

Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Production company: TypeCast Entertainment.

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Individual stories

female athlete playing wheelchair basketball

Deannie Cowan

Hear from athlete Deannie Cowan.

Woman on sport field in sport attire wearing dark glasses, with man in sport attire

Torita Blake

Hear from athlete Torita Blake.

Roxanne Jones

Hear from athlete Roxanne Jones.

Aboriginal female wheelchair-basketball player, holding basketball at boardwalk sunny beach

Anika Coppin-Foley

Hear from athlete Anika Coppin-Foley.

Female athlete cycles on indoor track, in professional cycling gear

Amanda Reid

Hear from athlete Amanda Reid.

Kiya Charles

Hear from athlete Kiya Charles.

young girl using a 3-wheel racing wheelchair, hand raised in victory, with an adult wheelchair athlete

Brydi Saul

Hear from young athlete Brydi Saul.

indigenous female athlete playing wheelchair basketball

Nikiaya Payne

Hear from athlete Nikiaya Payne.

Outback Academy Australia – Red Dust Heelers

Checklist for an Inclusive Community Sports Organisation

Outback Academy Australia – Red Dust Heelers have created a range of actions that sport organisations can implement to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for Indigenous people with a disability, as players and leaders in sport.

Read the Outback Academy Australia – Red Dust Heelers' suggested actions.