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Sports CONNECT is a national framework which encompasses a range of initiatives to increase the number of people with disability involved in sport and physical recreation. The Australian Sports Commission coordinates a network of agencies around the country that are working to connect sporting organisations with disability service organisations to build sustainable and inclusive communities. 

The Sports CONNECT Network is working towards a common goal and a national framework: 
Disability Sport supply and demand

The Australian Sports Commission works to:

  • provide direct practical assistance to national sports organisations to assist them with the inclusion of people with disabilities in both disability and non-disability specific sport
  • coordinate and assist the Sports CONNECT Network in connecting sport and people with disability

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Did you know?

Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

Quick numbers

700 athlete scholarships offered on average annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
143 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
35 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
0.5 million people visit the AIS each year