Accessibility Champion
A free, easy-to-follow course designed to help sports clubs and leisure providers build more inclusive, welcoming environments for people with disability..
What is the Accessibility Champion Course?
A user-friendly online module designed to introduce the principles of accessibility to community sporting clubs and leisure providers, paving the way for increased participation for people with disability.
The Accessibility Champion Course offers sporting clubs and leisure providers a foundational understanding of disability, designed to increase confidence to talk about disability and include people with disability in local clubs, programs and activities.
This ground-up approach to disability accessibility will promote visibility of disability sport and leisure activites, provide a welcoming environment to ensure a positive experience, and increase the amount of opportunities in communities around Australia for participation by people with disability.
To support a long-term sustainable approach to accessibility, Disability Sports Australia also provide sporting clubs and leisure providers with ongoing support through a bank of resources including links to other great disability support organisations.
About the course
The course includes four modules that you can complete at your own pace, anytime, anywhere, on any device.
This course is available on the Australian Sports Commission’s Learning Centre
Disability Sports Australia also provides free resources and ongoing support to help you on your accessibility journey.
Course Impact to Date
People have completed the course
Of people would recommend this course to others
People increased their confidence to champion accessibility at their own organisation
Get Resources
We understand it can be hard to know where to begin.
To make it easier, we’ve put together a simple Accessibility Champion Toolbox to help you get started.
Get Connected
Disability Sports Australia has lots of friends, partners and networks that you can connect with for more help.
You will find below, links to more online courses, resources, a disability specific directory of organisations and our various state members.
Meet Our Course Contributers
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the individuals who generously shared their personal experiences in the development of the Accessibility Champion course.
